February 18, 2014 09:34 AM UTC

CJDC release video on why don't kids have lawyers

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• by: dictionhound

ABOUT "WHY DON'T KIDS HAVE LAWYERS?"

"Why don't kids have lawyers?" is a brief video about the lack of access to a lawyer and the right to counsel for youth in Colorado. In 1967 the Supreme Court ruled that the right to counsel extends to youth just as much as adults.

However, nearly half of all juveniles never talk to an attorney in Colorado. Without an attorney present, kids and their parents may agree to a plea deal they don't understand and suffer long-term collateral consequences.

The time has come to provide full due process to youth in Colorado and around the United States. "Why don't kids have lawyers?" shows there is a solution. View the video a twww.CJDC.org and find out how you can get involved.​