Minor hardships; jailing youths as adults is gaining ground - and so are its critics

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Evidence that juveniles incarcerated as adults are provided inadequate educational, medical, and social services is discussed. According to Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention figures compiled in 1997, at least 28 states require that juveniles charged with certain offenses be automatically tried as adults.

Laws, regulations and rules, Juvenile courts, Waiver of jurisdiction of, Waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction

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At the front; some lawyers want to combine professional fulfillment with a little adventure

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Attorneys with a social conscience have opportunities abroad, including the ABA Central and East European Law Initiative, active in many countries in that area, and the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. Work on a UN war crimes investigation team Four accounts by attorneys using these opportunities are given.

Officials and employees, International aspects, Human Rights First (New York, New York), Public interest law

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A plague in the making; U.S. lacks legal structure to fight bioterrorism, critics say

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Issues concerning the US legal and medical profession's inability to fight bioterrorism are discussed. Vague laws, overlapping jursdictions, and a public health system slow to respond might crippe a response to sudden bioterrorism.

Analysis, Prevention, Biological warfare, Bioterrorism

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