Many juveniles are charged for assault.
and you don't know about it because they are juveniles. Their records are private. They are not identified by name. And when they turn 18 the records are expunged.
Many juveniles are charged for assault.
Many juveniles are charged for assault.
Ernestine Broxsie was charged with second degree murder and given a bond of $50,000.I would really like to know how many other murderers who have been charged with second degree murder are currently out on bond in the state of Florida?
~jmo~
and you don't know about it because they are juveniles. Their records are private. They are not identified by name. And when they turn 18 the records are expunged.
Many juveniles are charged for assault.
and you don't know about it because they are juveniles. Their records are private. They are not identified by name. And when they turn 18 the records are expunged.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/u...n-trayvon-martin-shooting.html?pagewanted=allJACKSONVILLE, Fla. More than six weeks after he shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old with no criminal record, George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch coordinator at a small gated community in Sanford, Fla., was charged by a special prosecutor on Wednesday evening with second-degree murder and taken into custody.
When I was doing consulting, I needed and got a security clearance to see criminal histories in the state's database. (I was looking to see who had re-offended afer release to compare the rehabilitation program group to the control group). I was surprised to learn that children as young as 7 had been arrested. People often think that juvenile records are kept separate and sealed but they aren't, at least not in my state. I don't have the link right now but I did read where the Department of Justice had confirmed that Trayvon had no criminal record, not even of arrests.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_...ims-he-was-aggressor-in-deadly-confrontation/The state Department of Juvenile Justice confirmed Monday that Martin does not have a juvenile offender record. The information came after a public records request by The Associated Press.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46858504/ns/us_news-life/t/trayvon-martin-school-suspension-linked-pot/Also Monday, state Department of Juvenile Justice confirmed that Martin does not have a juvenile offender record. The information came after a public records request by The Associated Press.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...day-article-1.1064429?localLinksEnabled=false
Trayvon Martin suspect George Zimmerman could go free Friday
Lawyer says he needs some place safe to go after bond hearing
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...n-free-friday-article-1.1064429#ixzz1sWf9w1pN
Not in my state. The only time juvenile records are expunged is if the parents or the juvenile as an adult goes to court and gets a court order to have them expunged. And they are identified by name, social security number, birth date, race and they are given a state bureau of investigation number which will continue to be used through their lives if they are ever arrested again.
Does anyone think that if Trayvon was white and GZ was black, that GZ would have been arrested that first night?
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...day-article-1.1064429?localLinksEnabled=false
Trayvon Martin suspect George Zimmerman could go free Friday
Lawyer says he needs some place safe to go after bond hearing
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...n-free-friday-article-1.1064429#ixzz1sWf9w1pN
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...day-article-1.1064429?localLinksEnabled=false
Trayvon Martin suspect George Zimmerman could go free Friday
Lawyer says he needs some place safe to go after bond hearing
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...n-free-friday-article-1.1064429#ixzz1sWf9w1pN
http://www.swfljac.org/expunge.pdf
The Juvenile Assessment Center of Lee County, Florida has a handout explaining juvenile record keeping in the state of Florida. http://www.swfljac.org/expunge.pdf
Florida is different from my state in that records are expunged after age 24 unless the juvenile was adjudicated for a forcible felony or sex offense and then their juvenile record is merged with their adult record.
Since Trayvon was only 17, his record should be obtainable by criminal justice authorities. Even if he had been in a First Offender Program (like GZ) and had his record expunged, the arrest and disposition is still available to law enforcement (it would have to be because diversion programs are only offered once).