Happy Friday! Welcome back and hopefully everyone is safe after last week’s weather. We have some light news once again, but still good news as usual for the juvenile defense community.
From Around the Community
From the UNC School of Government’s Criminal Law blog, Jamie Markham has posted a new article titled “An Update on Life with and without Parole for Young Defendants“. In his post, Markham addresses Miller and North Carolina’s “Miller fix law” and the effects on youth receiving life without parole (LWOP). You can read Markham’s full post here. In addition to this, a new opinion from the N.C. Court of Appeals (CoA) was released this week, State v. Williams, wherein the CoA vacated a sentence for LWOP for a juvenile.
From the School of Government’s On the Civil Side blog, there is an introduction for Jacqui Greene, the SOG’s new assistant professor of public law and government, specializing in juvenile justice law. In the post, Sara Pasquale interviews Greene about her life, education, background in juvenile justice, and expectations on her new role. You can read the full article here. Happy to have you, Jacqui!
The National Juvenile Defender Center is hosting a webinar on the collateral consequences of juvenile court involvement at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26. This event, titled Conquering Collateral Consequences: Helping Youth Create Pathways to Success, will cover how juvenile arrests, charges, and adjudication can create significant barriers to a young person’s employment, housing, and educational opportunities and review strategies for working with youth to build pathways to success. You can register for the webinar here.
Job Opportunities
The Lousiana Center for Children’s Rights (LCCR) is currently accepting applications for a Miller staff attorney, a regional mitigation specialist, and a Miller mitigation supervisor.
That is our wrap-up for this week. We have at least one special post planned for next week and there is more to come! Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!