Clayton Simms Juvenile Defense Advocate for Utah
A Utah teen was sent to a local youth detention facility after she allegedly committed arson at the junior high school she attends. Footage from the school’s security system helped identify her, but her name has not been released to the public. The fire started in one of the girls’ bathrooms and caused the entire […]
There are times when a person with a Utah juvenile court record may wish to apply for expungement of that record. Having your record expunged means that you petition the court to either destroy or seal your juvenile court record, making the record unavailable to either state or federal officials. A benefit of expungement is […]
A research brief just published by the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice examines why the serious crime rates among youth in California have dropped substantially in recent years. Although logic suggests that drug crime rates would fall with the changes in drug laws, the crime rates for violent and property felonies, homicide, and misdemeanors […]
If you are the parent of a Utah juvenile who’s remanded to home detention, you’ll probably have questions about what can and cannot take place during that detention. Some Utah juvenile court judges place youth in home detention if they meet certain qualifications. It is possible for a judge to sentence a Utah juvenile to […]
A young person who commits an offense and is arrested by police is automatically involved in the Utah juvenile justice system. There are certain processes which are then followed for each child in the system. The police have a few different options for handling kids who’ve been arrested. They may: • Take the child to a receiving […]
