Robert Barnes reports: Police must be sensitive to the age of child suspects when deciding whether to inform them of their Miranda right against self-incrimination, an ideologically split Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing for the majority, said the 5 to 4 ruling was merely a “commonsense” application of the court’s previous findings that…
Category: Youth & Schools
TX: Juvenile records bill draws support, ire
More on The Teacher Protection Act law in Texas that would allow teachers to access students’ criminal records. The governor has yet to sign the bill. Yann Ranaivo reports: State lawmakers passed legislation last month that would give teachers detailed information about their students’ criminal histories by opening previously confidential juvenile files. Texas affords its…
Texas teachers may get to see kids’ crime records
Danny Robbins of Associated Press reports: Texas is close to enacting a law that would provide teachers with detailed information about the criminal histories of their students, opening juvenile files that have been confidential in most states. The legislation, spurred by the fatal stabbing of a high school teacher in Tyler in 2009, is adding…
Lower Merion School officials fight back against latest webcam suit
Richard Ilgenfritz reports: Lower Merion school officials are fighting back against the latest webcam suit that was filed this week by a former Harriton student. Monday, Joshua Levin, a 2009 graduate of Harriton High School, filed a new lawsuit in connection with Lower Merion use of a technology that allowed certain school officials to activate…