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LSJA exists to reimagine justice and ensure that the current justice system treats kids as kids and respects their constitutional rights. We have been working diligently for youth presently in the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, implementing a model for justice-involved emerging adults to engage in the workforce with pathways to economic mobility, litigating cases for youth who have been unlawfully detained, and pushing for policies that promote rehabilitation over retribution.
We need your help to continue doing this work! Your North Texas Giving Day gift will allow us to continue to innovate and advocate on behalf of our Texas young people.
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
Through our Youth Sentencing Project, we provide direct strategic litigation on behalf of youth who were tried in the adult criminal legal system and given extremely long prison sentences, particularly those sentenced to life without parole.
Youth should be held accountable for their wrongdoing in developmentally appropriate ways that consider their age, individual characteristics, and specific circumstances of their cases.
Our staff litigators take the lead on a limited number of cases every year, selecting those that have the potential to influence system-wide change. Last year, LSJA was involved in 13 cases challenging the transfer of youth (either as lead counsel or in a technical support role) and won 12 of these cases.
