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Our data shows – time after time – teens who play the JJJ games walk away better informed and empowered to make healthy decisions.

Juvenile Justice Jeopardy (JJJ) is @strategyforyouth’s customized educational game that engages young people across the country to learn their rights, responsibilities, and how to interact safely with law enforcement.

While Massachusetts has long been seen as a leader in juvenile justice reform, that report shows a 17% increase in pretrial detention. That means we’re backsliding.

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That's right: the FBI claims it had no policies for executing residential search warrants.SFY says no policies, no training, no justice.Both law enforcement and youth deserve better.That only happens when we move forward together, starting with accountability.U.S. Supreme Court: Do the right thing.

Still, the FBI claims it should be exempt from liability and held harmless under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The U.S. Department of Justice claims the FBI had "no policies" for executing residential search warrants, so its officers did not know what to do.

While agents claimed they had investigated before the raid, they nonetheless went to the wrong address. Again.

Today's U.S. Supreme Court argument is about whether the FBI should be held liable. It should.

They write, "It bears repeating because the department does not seem clear on the law: Automatically handcuffing people during stops (without some showing of specific risk) violates the Constitution. This would have been a constitutional violation even if it had been an adult."

Congratulations to the defender community for its success in protecting American youth.

Roper v. Simmons held that “as any parent knows and as the scientific and sociological studies . . . confirm, a lack of maturity and an underdeveloped sense of responsibility are found in youth more often than in adults and are more understandable among the young.”