Testimony

Here is testimony given by researchers, attorneys and advocates:

National
Testimony: Liz Ryan, Attorney General's Defending Childhood Task Force

Colorado
Testimony: Shay Bilchik, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, before the Colorado House Judiciary Committee

Connecticut
Presentation: Toni Walker on Raise the Age (2011)

District of Columbia

Testimony of Liz Ryan, Campaign for Youth Justice, for the DC Council Committee on Public Safety - December 15, 2011

Youth Involvement Power Point Presentation - November 2011

Testimony of Liz Ryan, Campaign For Youth Justice, for the DC Council Committee on Public Safety, March 11, 2011

CFYJ testimony before the DC Council Human Services Committee hearing on September 23, 2010

Testimony: Jennifer L. Woolard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Georgetown University (PDF 84 KB)

Testimony: E. Michelle Tupper, Board Member, DC Lawyers for Youth (PDF 124 KB)

Testimony: Consquences of Transfer of Children into Adult Criminal Court - Malcolm Young, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project (PDF 296 KB)

Testimony: Liz Ryan, President of CFYJ (PDF 4.87 MB)

Testimony: Laura Hankins, Special Counsel to the Director of the Public Defender Service (PDF 2.53 MB)

Testimony: Kristen Henning, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Juvenile Justice Clinic &_Wallace Mlyniec, Professor of Law and Director,_Juvenile Justice Clinic of the Georgetown University Law Center (PDF 2.63 MB)

Testimony: Ashley Nellis, Ph.D., Research Analyst, The Sentencing Project (PDF 2.52 MB)

Testimony: Alan Pemberton, Lead Counsel to Plaintiff in Jerry M. Case (PDF 1.03 MB)

Testimony: Scott Perry, Director of the Latin American Youth Center Workforce Investment and Social Enterprise Division (PDF 810 KB)

Testimony: Professor Richard Redding, Professor fo Law, Chapman University (PDF 26.9 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)

Statement for the Record: Senator Durban on Raise the Age in Illinois (November 2011)

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)

Nevada
Testimony: Liz Ryan, Campaign for Youth Justice, before the Nevada Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice

Testimony: Esther Brown, The Embracing Project, before the Nevada Assembly Judiciary Committee in Support of Assembly Bill 272

New York

Testimony: Avery Irons before the New York City Council Juvenile Justice Committee Oversight Hearing (November 2011)

Testimony from Judge Corriero before the New York City Council

Testimony: Gabrielle Prisco, Director of the Juvenile Justice Project (November 2011)

North Carolina
Youth Accountability Planning Task Force Presentation: The Connecticut Experience - By Connecticut Rep. Toni Walker (PPT 8.2MB)

Juvenile Age Study - A Study of the Impact of Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, Governor's Crime Commission (DOC 1,533 KB)

Report on Study of Youthful Offenders Pursuant to Session Law 2006-248, Sections 34.1 and 34.2, North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission (PPT 55 KB)

Juvenile Justice in NC: A Historical Perspective, Janet Mason, University of North Carolina School of Government (PPT 2,037 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)