Category Archives: Juvenile crime

You can hardly turn on the news these days without hearing about a student somewhere who brought a gun to school and made threats against others, or worse – used that gun to shoot and kill other students. School shootings are a major issue these days, and not just here in Michigan. States all over […]

The issue of juveniles being automatically prosecuted as adults in Michigan has been a controversial subject for a long time. For many years, it seems, the idea was that by treating juveniles as adults, we’d ensure that they get stiffer sentences more proportional to the crimes they commit. Why? To lower the rate of juvenile […]

Welcome back and thanks for joining us here at The Kronzek Firm for this discussion on the inordinate number of juvenile lifers awaiting resentencing here in Michigan. In the previous article, we looked at the 2012 Supreme Court decision to give people sentenced to life when they were juveniles, the opportunity to be resentenced. As […]

If you have kids then you already know – they get upset sometimes and make impulsive decisions. Anger after a fight with mom or dad can lead to emotional melt-downs, bad choices, lots of drama and destructive behaviors. And sometimes that means running away from home. According to TroubledTeenHelp.com, one in seven kids between the […]

“Will my son have to go to jail for this?” “My daughter’s too young to be behind bars! Can’t you do something to keep her out?” “Isn’t there some kind of program the court offers to juveniles?” When their children get into trouble with the law, most of us parents are concerned about what happens […]

  In 2012, our United States Supreme Court ruled that sentencing a minor to life in prison without possible parole was unconstitutional. It was a revolutionary position to take. Then, four years later in 2016, they revisited the issue and ruled that all ‘juvenile lifers’ be resentenced. Any minors in the U.S. serving life sentences […]

  Things are about to change for certain young people in Van Buren County, Michigan. In the past, if you commited a crime, it was likely to stick around on your record indefinitely. And while juvenile records are usually sealed from public view, that doesn’t mean they’re inaccessible! However, a new program proposed by the […]

  In 2012, The United States Supreme Court ruled that handing down a life sentence to minor, no matter how serious their crime, was unconstitutional. Then, four years later in 2016, SCOTUS revisited the issue, and ruled that all ‘juvenile lifers’ – minors who’ve been given life sentences for the crimes they were convicted of […]

  Being a kid is hard these days. Children whose ages haven’t even hit double digits yet, can be subjected to some very serious forms of bullying. In addition, there are modern challenges that children face these days, like cyber bullying, that were never an issue for earlier generations. Kids are coping with stress and […]

  Welcome back and thanks for joining us here at The Kronzek Firm for this discussion on teen pranks, and how they can actually result in criminal charges. In our previous article we talked about how online access has changed the way teens prank nowadays, and how public perception of teen pranks has changed as […]