State plans to reform the juvenile justice system are moving forward. Officials this week approved $130 million in funding to ...

Punishment provides immediate, visible results, while empowering youth requires patience, understanding and time.

Does sentencing a juvenile offender to life in prison violate the Constitution's prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishment"? The Supreme Court is set to consider that question. The court will hear ...

Nearly twenty years ago, the Odessa American introduced the community to a determined young man trekking across the state of Texas in a lawnmower to benefit St. Jude’s Ranch for Children. Now a ...