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Podcast: Turning A Moment Into A Movement
Episode: The Juvenile Criminal System....the pathway to Wrongful Convictions
Description: Special Note: The day after this broadcast our Dear Gerard passed away...... We Love Him and forever blessed for this journey with Him..
There are many reasons for this, many of which are rooted in the special developmental vulnerabilities of children. Children and teenagers are categorically more suggestible, compliant, and vulnerable to outside pressures than adults. They are less able to weigh risks and consequences; less likely to understand their legal rights; and less likely to understand what attorneys do or how attorneys can help them.
Black youth are more than four t...