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German law, like that in several European countries, stipulates that children under 14 can't be tried in the country's juvenile-court system.
A 'Kinderdealer' Spurs German Debate James Angelos 2010
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That followed a juvenile-court decision in June to sentence the shooter, Ogun Samast, to 23 years in prison.
Turks Stage Biggest Protest in Years Ayla Albayrak 2012
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But Ms. Heisig, the juvenile-court judge, was against such a move.
A 'Kinderdealer' Spurs German Debate James Angelos 2010
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A best-selling book by an influential Berlin juvenile-court judge, Kirsten Heisig, has fueled the uproar over Jamal.
A 'Kinderdealer' Spurs German Debate James Angelos 2010
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A Cook County juvenile-court judge ruled last month that both McKinney and Robinson had tortured Clifford (all but erasing the possibility that he'll ever be returned to his mother).
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Yet 11 months after Joseph was born, a DCFS caseworker and an assistant public defender persuaded a Cook County juvenile-court judge to give him back to Amanda, returning him from the one of the six foster homes he would live in.
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In early July, Orlando juvenile-court Judge Thomas S. Kirk agreed to allow Gregory's suit to go forward, after ruling that the boy had the same constitutional right as an adult to protect his own interests.
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Rio de Janeiro's chief juvenile-court justice, Siro Darlan, was so appalled by what he saw that he recently banned the game in city video arcades for minors under 18.
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Around the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in South-Central, call a girl in the choir a bitch and you wind up in the "Manchild Program's" mock court, sweating before 300 kids while Judge Roosevelt Dorn, a real judge downtown, says, "Son, we're doing this because we love you-and to keep you out of the juvenile-court system."
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And the county's juvenile-court system has been expanded so that there are now 14 judges, not eight, hearing abuse and neglect cases; that cuts each judge's caseload from about 3,500 to about 2,000 children per year.
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