Chicago Sun-Times
Judges should decide where teens stand trial — March 31, 2015
Commentary by Andrew Berman, retired Cook County circuit court judge; Colleen F. Sheehan, Cook County circuit court judge; and Stuart Paul Katz, Cook County associate court judge.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2016/6/24/18462867/judges-should-decide-where-teens-stand-trial
In juvenile courtrooms today, much of a judge’s time is spent trying to find out what’s going wrong and right in a child’s life and finding ways to change behaviors. Juvenile court is a place for second chances and sometimes third and fourth chances.