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Pondering a response to protection of juve trial rights

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this post, a few weeks ago the Kansas Supreme Court held In the matter of LM, No. 96, 176 (Kan. June 20, 2008) (available here), that "juveniles have a right to a jury trial under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the federal Constitution and the Kansas Constitution."  This effective local article, headlined "No rush expected on ruling on juvenile trials," highlights that the Kansas legislature is not quite sure it should respond:?I think there is going to have to be some digestion of what the decision means in the real world,? said Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt.  ?It?s going to set up several lines of discussion, and it?s going to take some time to see which gains momentum.? Of course not everyone agrees...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 01, 2008 (boomark / email).