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Our Failure: Juvenile Court

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

Today I will walk into Juvenile Court and accept diversion for a client who was involved in a misdemeanor battery. She will do her 15 hours of community service. The case will be dismissed.And I couldn't be more angry, for two reasons.First, when did a scuffle in school become an arrestable offense? Answer: When we as adults admitted our failure to and lack of interest in raising our children. That we can't take two fighting kids into the office and discipline them without having the meeting end with officer friendly (maybe the real officer friendly) snapping on the cuffs, is our disgrace. We suck. We failed. We are to blame.Second, my "child" is getting diversion because the "victim agreed." Victim's rights are a big things these days. The mantra of "criminals get more rights than victims," has resulted in, well, victims gaining the right to run our system...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on May 21, 2010 (boomark / email).