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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 DC Council - October 29, 2007 (PDF 84 KB)

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

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

Testimony: Consquences of Transfer of Children into Adult Criminal Court Malcom Young, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project Before DC Council (PDF 296 KB)

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)

Elizabeth Clark, President, Illinois Juvenile Justice Initiative. Testimony in Support of Raising Age of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction to 18 (PDF 136 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)

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 (PDF 516 KB)

Letters to change policy
John A. Tuell (DOC 52 KB)

Vincent Schiraldi (DOC 28 KB)