Illinois courts clash: Does limiting juvenile offenders' social media use step on free speech?

Illinois courts clash: Does limiting juvenile offenders' social media use step on free speech?

Recognizing social media’s power to amplify gang disputes and relying on longstanding Illinois law that allows restricting the associations of those under court supervision, Cook County judges are clamping down on teen defendants’ social media postings.

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No longer invisible: More black girls in DC are being criminalized

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