Fifty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decidedKent v. United States, 383 U.S. 541 (1966), establishing a new constitutional baseline for transferring youth to the adult criminal justice system, andMiranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), setting forth the constitutional standard for the custodial interrogation of suspects by law enforcement. Forty-five years later, in 2011, the Supreme Court decided J.D.B. v. North Carolina, 564 U.S. 261 (2011), establishing for the first time that law enforcement must account for juvenile status when carrying out the requirements of Miranda.
Commemoration of these historic cases provides an opportunity for reflection and renewed advocacy. Taken together, especially with recent court decisions emphasizing the developmental and behavioral uniqueness of adolescence, these cases provide powerful jurisprudence to continue to improve the treatment of youth in our justice systems.
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