Life sentences for juveniles subject to U.S. Supreme Court review and more -- news roundup

• New report on dual involvement
  A study in Los Angeles shows dual involvement connects to major struggles in adulthood. Young people who exit both foster care and juvenile justice earn less as young adults and cost the public more than youth who only exit foster care, and are more than twice as likely to have been treated for a serious mental illness.
• Advice to a parent with a teen struggling with drug addiction
  Cherie Miller talks with Grant Voyles, a certified addiction counselor, about the warning signs and the importance of education.  Of course practice, patience and consistency don't hurt either.
• Life sentences for juveniles will be subject to U.S. Supreme Court review
  Less than a year and a half after ruling that such sentences are unconstitutional for youths convicted of a crime other than murder, the justices accepted two inmate appeals that would extend that conclusion to homicide cases, at least for children 14 and under.

• Robert Powell sentenced to 18 months
  The former owner of two for-profit juvenile detention facilities was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for his role in a kickback scheme that led the state Supreme Court to vacate the convictions of thousands of juveniles who appeared before a now-jailed Pennsylvania judge.

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