No. In California, the police may generally question minors without their parents' consent. ... If a child asks to have a parent present and the request is denied, a judge may decide the child's participation was not voluntary.
The Youth Offender Parole process requires the Board of Parole Hearings commissioners to pay particular attention to the factors associated with youth that also reduce a young person’s culpability. Children and young people released under the existing Youth Offender Parole process have low recidivism rates. In the overall population, 36 percent of those released return [...]
Bill 394 gives people who committed a crime under age 18 and were sentenced to life without parole the chance to earn parole, with a first opportunity for a hearing after 24 years of incarceration. The bill was, in part, a response to the US Supreme Court ruling in Montgomery v. Louisiana, 577 U.S. ___ [...]
Bill 395 changes the law so that police cannot interrogate children 15 and under until a child has consulted with an attorney. Long-established law requires that when police take a person into custody they must advise them of their right to remain silent before their responses to police questioning can be used against them in [...]
