June 4, 2008, San Francisco, CA Juvenile parolees today reached an agreement with the California Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and related entities, in a lawsuit alleging wide-spread violation of youths constitutional rights. In California, those convicted as youths remain under the jurisdiction of the DJJ until age 25. The class-action case, L.H. v. Schwarzenegger, was filed in September 2006 in federal district court in Sacramento, by attorneys from the law firms of Rosen, Bien & Galvan, LLP and Bingham McCutchen, LLP, and the non-profit Youth Law Center. Click here to read full text
