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Expert Testimony

Legal testimony given by experts with personal and professional experience with youth in the adult criminal justice system.

District of Columbia

Testimony: Jennifer L. Woolard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Georgetown University

DOC Oversight Hearing before the D.C. Council - October 29, 2007 (PDF 84 KB)

Testimony: E. Michelle Tupper, Board Member, DC Laywers for Youth

DOC Oversight Hearing before the D.C. Council - October 29, 2007 (PDF 124 KB)

Complete Testimony: Hearing Before the D.C. Council on Bill 17-913, "Juvenile Justice Improvement Act of 2008" (PDF 10.8 MB)

Georgia

Testimony of Marc Schindler, Youth Law Center, on SB 440 Georgia State Senate Legislative Hearing (PDF 140 KB)


Illinois

Testimony on Raising Age of Adulthood SB458 Cook County Legislation and Intergovernmental Hearing (PDF 276 KB)


Maryland

Testimony on Maryland Transfer Law Michael Bochenek, Counsel to the Children's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch (PDF 276 KB)

Sheryl L. Marshall, Maryland Juvenile Justice Coalition (DOC 28 KB)

 

        North Carolina

Tamar Birckhead: North Carolina, Juvenile Court Jurisdiction, and the Resistance to Reform North Carolina Law Review (PDF 289 KB)

Virginia

Statement of Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. Emerius Professors of Law, University of Richmond Law School Hearing on H.R. 1279 (PDF 152 KB)


Wisconsin

Charity Eleson, Executive Director Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (WCCF) (PDF 516 KB)

   
Wendy Henderson, WCCF Policy Analyst, on Proposal to Audit the Effect of Criminal Court Jurisdiction on 17-Year-Olds (55 KB)

    
Wendy Henderson, WCCF Policy Analyst, on State Legislative Audit of the Effect of Criminal Court Jurisdiction on 17-Year-Olds (116 KB)

Wendy Henderson, WCCF Policy Analyst, to Governor's Commision on Reducing Racial Disparities (58 KB)