juvenile justice reform

Marshan Allen was 15 years old when he says his brother sent him and two other older teens to an apartment on the South side of Chicago to take back cash and coke stolen by a fellow gang member. Allen insists he had no idea the older teens would open fire through the front door that day in March 1992,…

Today in our series “Race in Chicago,” we focus on juvenile justice, as one man describes his struggles to find equality in the justice system. NBC 5’s Rob Stafford has the story.

A Michigan Judge has refused to release a Black 15-year-old girl who was incarcerated after failing to do her homework online, saying that the girl is benefiting from the juvenile detention center. Joshua Rovner of The Sentencing Project says youth of color are four times as likely as white youth to be detained or committed. He joined LX News to...