How the criminal justice system often fails poor children

If a group of teenagers vandalize a downtown building and are charged with a crime, their ability to handle the court-ordered punishment may depend a lot on their family’s economic status. This two-tiered system of justice, in which the inability to pay fines and restitution can significantly lengthen a sentence to jail or probation, is wrong for adults and can be especially harmful to juvenile offenders.

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