Northwestern High grieves for two students shot to deathThe lives of Maurice Harris and Randall Dwaine Robinson III ended much too soon this week. Their murders, separated by only 10 blocks and three days — and eerily similar in fashion — have rocked the student body of one of Miami-Dade County’s most historic high schools.Both students were 17. Both were male. Both attended Liberty City’s Northwestern High School. And both were gunned... [...]
Grand jury indicts ex-students in Homestead teen’s machete murderFive ex-students could now face the death penalty after a grand jury on Wednesday indicted them for the savage machete murder of 17-year-old Jose Amaya Guardado, whose body was found buried in a shallow grave in the woods of South Miami-Dade.Kaheem Arbelo, Desiray Strickland, Christian Colon, Jonathan Lucas and Joseph Michael Cabrera — all former students of Homestead Job... [...]
Raising the Age of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction
The age of juvenile court jurisdiction should be raised to at least 21 years old, researchers propose in a new report released by Harvard's Kennedy School of Government citing studies that show brain development continues past the teenage years. The research is part of a series published by the Executive Session on Community Corrections at the school, which aims to develop new correctional policy... [...]
Court Backs Facebook in Privacy Fight With Defense LawyersCriminal defendants can’t force Facebook and other social media companies to turn over private user content ahead of a trial, a California appeals court has ruled.Reversing a lower court, the ruling was a victory for Facebook in a case that pitted statutory privacy protections against rights to due process.The case involved a murder prosecution of two defendants, Derrick Hunter and... [...]
Copwatch Expands To Keep An Eye On Police Misconduct Around U.S.
Over the past year-and-a-half, police violence in places like New York, Baltimore, and Ferguson grabbed headlines, sparked mass protest, and drove down public confidence in law enforcement to a 22 year low. In response, reports Vice, people across the U.S. in a movement called Copwatch have been fashioning makeshift uniforms, arming themselves with cameras, and patrolling... [...]
