2005 Pa. Super. 433 - Commonwealth v. Ghee’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “The juvenile system inherently confers substantial benefits. For instance, the juvenile system’s goal is to rehabilitate the juvenile on an individual basis without marking him or her as a criminal, rather than to penalize the juvenile. The juvenile is also shielded from publicity. He or she may be confined, but with rare exceptions, may not be jailed along with adults. He or she may be detained, but only until attaining the age of twenty-one (21) years. The child is also protected against consequences of adult conviction such as the loss of civil rights, the use of adjudication against him or her in subsequent proceedings, and disqualification for public employment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2011 Pa. Super. 47 - Commonwealth v. Brown