Washington high court charts less punitive path on juvenile justice
With the Monschke decision, the state Supreme Court expanded the definition of youth in murder cases. No other court has done so.
Claudia Rowe is a journalist and author of two books: The Spider and the Fly, which won the 2018 Washington State Book Award for Memoir, and Time Out, which looks at juvenile justice
With the Monschke decision, the state Supreme Court expanded the definition of youth in murder cases. No other court has done so.
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