Youth Justice Awareness Month

PRESIDENT OBAMA DECLARES OCTOBER NATIONAL YOUTH JUSTICE AWARENESS MONTH, NOTES THAT TWO STATES PROSECUTE 16-YEAR-OLDS AS ADULTS

President Obama today issued a proclamation declaring October “National Youth Justice Awareness” month. In it, he recognizes what the Children’s Defense Fund-New York, Citizens’ Committee for Children and a broad coalition of New Yorkers know to be tru …