One offense has sent more juveniles to state institutions or detention centers than any other offense: “incorrigibility”. Incorrigibility is a status offense, meaning that it is only a violation of the law because it is committed by a minor under age 18. What...
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Are Juvenile Delinquency Records Available To The Public To View In Michigan?
by stevejedinak | Aug 18, 2022 | Juvenile Justice
Until recently, Michigan was one of seven states that permitted any juvenile delinquency records to be available to the public to view. However, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Public Act 362 of 2020 into law on January 4, 2021 that made records of juvenile...
Can You Set Aside Your Juvenile Adjudications In Michigan?
by stevejedinak | Jun 23, 2022 | Juvenile Justice
When minors are found guilty, plead guilty, or plead no contest to crimes, they do not acquire a traditional adult misdemeanor or felony conviction (unless they were tried as an adult). These are instead known as juvenile adjudications and they can and do...
What Are The Penalties For Truancy In Michigan?
by stevejedinak | Jan 31, 2022 | Criminal Law, Juvenile Justice
The State of Michigan has a compulsory school attendance law that requires a parent, legal guardian or other person having control or charge of a child to send that child to public school for education proposes from the age of six to the child’s eighteenth...
What Are The Penalties For Making School Shooting Threats In Michigan (Even If False)?
by stevejedinak | Dec 30, 2021 | Criminal Law, Juvenile Justice
On November 30, 2021, a mass shooting occurred at Oxford High School in Oakland County, Michigan where four students were killed and seven people were injured. Law enforcement arrested and charged 15-year old high school sophomore Ethan Crumbley as a suspect...
Can Juveniles Be Listed On Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry?
stevejedinak | Nov 29, 2021 | Juvenile Justice, Sex Offenses
Adults and juvenile delinquents can both be prosecuted in the State of Michigan for sex crimes and punished according to law. For adults, a conviction can mean being listed on Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry under substantial rules and conditions to protect...
When Can You Be Tried As An Adult For Crimes In Michigan?
by stevejedinak | Oct 11, 2021 | Criminal Law, Juvenile Justice
On October 1st, 2021, the “Raise The Age” legislation signed into law by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2019 went into effect. Prior to the effective date, anyone that was age 17 or older could be arrested for any criminal offense, lodged in the county jail and...
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