Prior Juvenile Convictions Without a Jury Trial Questioned

The "injustice anywhere" blogger has returned to blogging from the Washington public defenders office and she presents some interesting arguments from a trial lawyer's perceptive, ground level, of practical experiences in the court system. Interesting blog about the importance of a jury trial which can result in a not guilty verdict. She questions some juvenile convictions where the juvenile did not have a right to a jury trial and where some prosecutors and courts may attempt to use the prior conviction against them even though they did not have an effective right to a jury trial in the case. Good point. See: Injustice Anywhere . . .: Why Just Having the Right to a Jury Trial Matters

I agree with her argument.