{"id":3127,"date":"2021-11-13T04:04:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T04:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-cornell-law-review.pantheonsite.io\/?p=3127"},"modified":"2021-11-13T04:04:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T04:04:14","slug":"are-we-there-yet-no-the-numbers-that-support-adopting-automatic-appeals-in-juvenile-delinquency-proceedings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/lawreview\/2021\/11\/13\/are-we-there-yet-no-the-numbers-that-support-adopting-automatic-appeals-in-juvenile-delinquency-proceedings\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Are We There Yet?&#8221; No.: The Numbers That Support Adopting Automatic Appeals in Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The United States juvenile justice system is grossly inadequate on a national level. For over a century, juvenile courts in various forms have been heralded as benign mechanisms that offer an alternative for \u201ctroubled youth\u201d who commit acts that would constitute crimes if committed by adults.<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3127_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3127_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3127_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">1. See, e.g., Youth in the Justice System: An Overview, JUV. L. CTR., https:\/\/ jlc.org\/youth-justice-system-overview [https:\/\/perma.cc\/3QHR-P4ES] (last visited June 15, 2020) (\u201cToday\u2019s juvenile&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3127_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_1');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3127_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3127_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> Although the putative purpose of the juvenile courts is to rehabilitate children, those familiar with the world of juvenile justice know that the system as a whole often fails to live up to its stated intention.<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3127_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3127_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3127_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">2<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">2. See Natasha T\u00b4avora Baker, Rehabilitation via Arbitrariness: Why Commitment as a Dispositional Option in Washington, D.C.\u2019s Juvenile Justice System Should Be Abolished, 22 U.C. DAVIS J. JUV. L.&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3127_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_2');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3127_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3127_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> After all, the present juvenile justice system unconscionably impacts disproportionate numbers of children of color,<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3127_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3127_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3127_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">3<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">3. See Samantha Buckingham, Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice, 53 AM. CRIM. L. REV. 641, 651\u201352 (2016).<\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3127_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3127_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> encourages children to waive their right to counsel,<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3127_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3127_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3127_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">4<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">4. See Barry C. Feld, The Juvenile Court, in THE HANDBOOK OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 519 (Michael Tonry ed., 1998) (\u201cJuvenile court judges may encourage and readily find waivers of the right to counsel&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3127_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_4');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3127_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3127_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> and regularly incarcerates tens of thousands of children, many of whom are accused of non-violent conduct.<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3127_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3127_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3127_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">5<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">5. See Wendy Sawyer, Youth Confinement: The Whole Pie 2019, PRISON POL\u2019Y INITIATIVE (Dec. 19, 2019), https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/reports\/youth2019.html [https:\/\/perma.cc\/5KKF-PCBX]. In fact, nearly&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3127_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_5');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3127_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3127_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> And the list of shortcomings goes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Note contributes to the ongoing and expanding literature on juvenile justice appeals and proceeds as follows. Part I retraces the history of the American juvenile courts by detailing the early common law principles that led to the first juvenile court, the introduction of criminal due process in juvenile delinquency proceedings, and the blatant transformation of the courts\u2019 purpose from rehabilitative to punitive. Part II continues by briefly discussing the history of criminal appeals in the United States, focusing on the function of appellate review, the importance of appellate review in juvenile delinquency proceedings, and data from previously published studies on juvenile justice appeals. Part III introduces newly collected data on juvenile appeals\u2014the most comprehensive assessment to date approximating the rate of delinquency appeals nationwide\u2014 and analyzes that data against prior findings. Lastly, Part IV proposes adopting legislation that requires automatic appellate review in all cases where a juvenile is adjudicated delinquent to guarantee that all children receive the opportunity for meaningful appellate review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To read this Note, please click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/live-cornell-law-review.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Shannan-note-final.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/live-cornell-law-review.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Shannan-note-final.pdf\">&#8220;Are We There Yet?&#8221; No.: The Numbers That Support Adopting Automatic Appeals in Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_3127_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_3127_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_3127_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_3127_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3127_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3127_1_1');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_1\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">See, e.g., Youth in the Justice System: An Overview, JUV. L. CTR., https:\/\/ jlc.org\/youth-justice-system-overview [<span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/perma.cc\/3QHR-P4ES]<\/span> (last visited June 15, 2020) (\u201cToday\u2019s juvenile justice system still maintains rehabilitation as its primary goal and distinguishes itself from the criminal justice system in important ways. With few exceptions, in most states delinquency is defined as the commission of a criminal act by a child . . . .\u201d).<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3127_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3127_1_2');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_2\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">See Natasha T\u00b4avora Baker, Rehabilitation via Arbitrariness: Why Commitment as a Dispositional Option in Washington, D.C.\u2019s Juvenile Justice System Should Be Abolished, 22 U.C. DAVIS J. JUV. L. &amp; POL\u2019Y 135, 137 (2018) (\u201cAcross the country, the juvenile justice system holds out as its purpose the rehabilitation of the youth in its care. But delivery on that promise has been underwhelming at best.\u201d).<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3127_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3127_1_3');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_3\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">See Samantha Buckingham, Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice, 53 AM. CRIM. L. REV. 641, 651\u201352 (2016).<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3127_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3127_1_4');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_4\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">See Barry C. Feld, The Juvenile Court, in THE HANDBOOK OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 519 (Michael Tonry ed., 1998) (\u201cJuvenile court judges may encourage and readily find waivers of the right to counsel in order to ease their administrative burdens.\u201d). Some juvenile justice experts hypothesize that several of these waivers are \u201cinduced by suggestions that lawyers are not needed because no serious dispositional consequences are anticipated,\u201d thus likely failing to meet the constitutional standard that waivers be \u201cknowing and intelligent.\u201d PATRICIA PURITZ, SUE BURRELL, ROBERT SCHWARTZ, MARK SOLER &amp; LOREN WARBOYS, AM. BAR ASS\u2019N JUVENILE JUSTICE CTR., A CALL FOR JUSTICE: AN ASSESSMENT OF ACCESS TO COUNSEL AND QUALITY OF REPRESENTATION IN DELINQUENCY PROCEEDINGS 7\u20138 (1995) [hereinafter CALL FOR JUSTICE].<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3127_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3127_1_5');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3127_1_5\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">See Wendy Sawyer, Youth Confinement: The Whole Pie 2019, PRISON POL\u2019Y INITIATIVE (Dec. 19, 2019), <span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/reports\/youth2019.html<\/span> [<span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/perma.cc\/5KKF-PCBX].<\/span> In fact, nearly 26% of children in facilities have yet to be found delinquent and are instead incarcerated awaiting a full fact-finding or dispositional hearing. 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