New Blended Sentencing Law Could Send Hundreds of Youth to Adult System
“We are well past the time of ‘we need to rehabilitate our youth.’”
The exterior of the Memphis-Shelby County Juvenile Court in Downtown Memphis. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50
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