Constitutional Law
Right to free speech is located here in the Constitution.
What is the 1st amendment?
Transformative Justice Project works on ensuring excellent youth defense and wants to abolish the _____ to _____ pipeline.
What is the school to prison pipeline?
National Youth Defense Standards sets out guidelines for youth defenders to ensure kids have access to strong defense in court.
T or F?
Things that can lead to getting a ticket in municipal court.
What is minor in possession?
What is shoplifting?
What is public fighting?
What is curfew violation?
The most common municipal offense in youth court in 2024.
What is Assault?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Guardian ad Litems helps make sure that kids have the right to fair court proceedings by having a neutral adult advocate.
T or F?
What is true?
Potential resolutions for municipal tickets?
What is community service?
What is probation?
What is a class for making better choices?
What is diversion?
The percentage of Black youth in Denver?
What is 10%?
Sets the standard for what makes a fair trial.
Hint: I plead the ____!
What is the 5th amendment?
Colorado ensures that kids have access to school through this means.
What is the Colorado Constitution?
The first year youth defendants had defense attorneys in the Denver municipal legal system.
When was 2024?
Yep, we only started in July!
The number of new municipal youth cases from January to July of this year.
What is 332?
These three amendments were passed during the Civil War and are called the "Civil War Amendments."
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
Youth Seen is a resource for LGBTQIA2S+ youth to receive support?
T or F?
What is true?
In re Gault helped establish what national youth right?
Hint: The adult counterpart is Gideon v. Wainwright and ensured a more fair criminal legal process.
Diversion is a court supervised program that requires you do community service.
T or F?
What is false?
Diversion is outside of court and supervised by diversion officers. You could be asked to do lots of different things, potentially community service, maybe therapy!
The percentage of our 2025 new municipal youth cases that are brought against Black and Brown youth.
What is 70%?
What is the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?
Local Denver band that founded a popular non-profit for kids for making music and connecting with other like-minded kids who love music.
Hint: their most popular song is called "Handlebars."
A form of dehumanization, robbing Black and Brown kids of what makes childhood distinct from other developmental periods.
What is Adultification?
You have the right to stay a kid and be treated like one.
Roughly what percentage of tickets come from school?
What is around 40%?
School that has seen 18 new cases from January-July of this year.
What is West High School?