Emily Previti

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Emily Previti

Rep. Melissa Shusterman (D-Paoli) is sponsoring a three-bill juvenile justice reform package. (Emily Previti/Pennsylvania Capital-Star)State lawmakers are debating juvenile justice reform proposals aimed at improving Pennsylvania’s approach to supporting youth offenders and holding providers and public officials accountable. The House Children and Youth Committee passed four measures Tuesday, as other legislators promoted additional bills they’re developing on the issue.

1 week ago | thedailyreview.com | Emily Previti

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1 week ago | yahoo.com | Emily Previti

Attorney Jeffrey Deskovic of the Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice, exoneree Yeidja Bostick and state Rep. Regina Young (D-Philadelphia/Delaware) at a press conference in Harrisburg to raise awareness of wrongful conviction compensation legislation. (Emily Previti/Pennsylvania Capital-Star)Most states have a system for compensating people after they’ve been exonerated. Pennsylvania does not, despite state lawmakers steadily introducing bills to create one for at least the past two decades.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Emily Previti

The state Capitol in Harrisburg. (Capital-Star file)Pennsylvania schools would be required to integrate child abuse awareness and prevention into their curriculum under a bill being proposed in the state House of Representatives. “We need to educate (children) when they are young. Sometimes by second grade, it’s already too late. They’ve already been abused.

3 weeks ago | tiogapublishing.com | Emily Previti

The state Capitol in Harrisburg. (Capital-Star file)Pennsylvania schools would be required to integrate child abuse awareness and prevention into their curriculum under a bill being proposed in the state House of Representatives. “We need to educate (children) when they are young. Sometimes by second grade, it’s already too late. They’ve already been abused.