Juvenile Justice

Bihar court grants bail to 8-year-old boy arrested for rioting

The minor was arrested on September 8. His age was recorded as 13 by the police.

Aishwarya Iyer
· Sep 14, 2022 · 08:32 pm
‘He is only 8’: In Bihar, a mother fights for release of minor son arrested after communal clash

However, the Bihar Police have recorded his age as 13. Siwan district magistrate insists that this was not an incident of communal violence.

Aishwarya Iyer
· Sep 14, 2022 · 09:14 am
Judges in Canada are sentencing juvenile offenders to chess – and the results are promising

In Alberta’s University of Lethbridge, an alternative initiative sees youth who commit non-violent crimes sentenced to 25 hours of chess instruction.

Monique Sedgwick, The Conversation
,
Jeffrey MacCormack, The Conversation
&
Lance Grigg, The Conversation
· May 26, 2018 · 11:30 pm

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