FINAL timeline – domestic POLICY!
If we stick to this timeline and we are set…keep up the good work team!
Monday July 21 – compilation of all pieces, completion of outline and structure of report
Tuesday and Wednesday (the 22nd and 23rd) – writers fill in the gaps in the report, make cohesive all the pieces
BY WEDNESDAY the 23rd at MIDNIGHT, the writers MUST SEND their work to the editors. Send to Jessica and Selena, who will then coordinate with the other editors.
Thursday the 24th – editors work all day
Friday the 25th – BY 10 am, editors send document to Kim Harris
Kim will finish proofreading the document on Friday the 25th by MIDNIGHT and will send to JAVIER
WEEKEND (Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th)
Kim completes the Executive Summary by Sunday at NOON and sends to Javier so he can include it in the formatting
The front page, references, acknowledgements, bios and table of contents must also be done by SUNDAY AT NOON to give to JAVIER
Javier: completes layout by Sunday at 6 pm
Sunday at 6 pm until 10 pm – Karla (the Devil’s Advocate) meets with Javier to give a complete review of the report
PowerPoint group: works with Javier to complete the PowerPoint in a way that is consistent with the report’s formatting – PPT IS FINISHED BY SUNDAY at MIDNIGHT
MONDAY MORNING – 8 AM – Javier gives report to Maia on a memory stick. Maia takes the report to be printed.
Monday and Tuesday – presenters and powerpoint people practice
Wednesday – dress rehearsal
Thursday – presentation!
We got this!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
notes from d.c. interview
The Sentencing Project interview:
-Waiver/ three strikes born out of “super-predator” threat which never came true
-Consequences of placing juveniles in adult facilities is recidivism with more violent crimes
-CDC report lists consequences of a youth as an adult
-Juvenile delinquents age out at age 24. With this in mind, waiver is a waste of resources if the youth was going to stop criminality anyway
-No life-altering, behavior influencing factors taken into account during waiver hearing
-Delinquents held in adult detention centers pre-adjudication—problematic
-Relationship between bond and DMC. Minorities are usually the ones with less access to pay bail.
-Many youth don’t’ understand the process they are going through. They end up in adult detention centers without understanding what happened between the time they initially stood before the judge and being held in an adult prison
-In adult system, there are no special programs. Not [really] obligated to educate a youth.
-Youth in adult court not judged by jury of own peers
-NJ very strong on restorative justice
-Youth continuing to commit crimes is a reflection of the system’s failures
-10-month= average length of hearing
-The adversarial relationship between the prosecutor and defense attorney in juvenile system is harmful to youth in trial (remember, point of system is rehabilitation)
-Outcomes of waiver—source:
**This interview led us to conclude that we should focus on the recidivism aspect of waiver. With such high rates of recidivism it is clear not only that waiver is ineffective but also that waiver is actually more detrimental to the young delinquent AND the community. If the point of waiver is to protect the community, it is serving the opposite purpose—breeding more violent criminals.
Cindy Samuels interview
Information from Cindy Samuels interview:
-No numbers on DMC—proposal: keep records, track data
-According to a study by the Miami Dade Public Defender’s Office, 90% of waived delinquents vs. 40% of those in juvenile court re-offended within a year, even controlling for nature of initial offense—proposal: need to keep track of those with longer sentences
-In practice, minorities are almost automatically waived
-Consider the criteria to grant waiver—sufficient/ adequate criteria?
-Getting rid of waiver would simplify everything. It would reduce suicides during incarceration, abuse in custody, recidivism, blemishing the records of juveniles for the rest of their lives (criminal conviction)
-Issues of reintegration: very limited services provided in adult institutions, thus youth not prepared to reenter into society—Pat Torbit
-Waiver= exceptions driving rules
-Need process o evaluate if person poses same risk at age 25 as he/she does at age 15
-Neurological development sources: mcfound.org, Lawrence Steinberg, “Youth on Trial,” Thomas Russo, Elizabeth Cauffman
-Waiver embodies the opposite idea of the juvenile justice system which is that kids are unredeemable
-Obligation as society to reform/ help kids?
-How, without waiver, would we address legitimate community concerns?
-A lot of overcharging (ex: kids work in groups—aggravating factor because this factor makes crimes more serious than they are)
-Restorative justice varies from county to county. Depends on budget discretion , etc.
-Reentry programs handled by State Parole Apparatus and private entities (contracted by State Parole Board)
-Vast majority of delinquents enter guilty plea bargains
-Sometimes offense that would require probation in adult court, require incarceration in juvenile court—pointless then to waive?
-NJ: 44,950 cases tried, 15,000 diverted, 21,000 formally adjudicated, of the 21,000, only 1,400 convicted
-Costs state less to incarcerate as adult ($20,000-$50,000) than as youth ($100,000+)—this is problematic.
-Waiver hearing: only provision is right to council. Probable cause is a very low standard for waiver consideration
-Need for cultural competency of attorneys—source: Kim Taylor Thompson, Hayward Burns Institute
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