91. Texas has the distinction of executing two of four death-row juvenile offenders that year. 92. Texas plans to begin random drug testing of prison inmates to keep from losing millions of dollars in federal grants used for juvenile offender programs, officials said Monday. 93. Still, only one-third of juvenile offenders ever commit a second offense. 94. Texas has three juvenile offenders and one mentally ill inmate scheduled for execution in January and February. 95. Sure, you want to be tough with serious, hardened juvenile offenders. 96. The Assembly has been unwilling to move seriously on any initiatives that smack of a crackdown on juvenile offenders. 97. The amendments being forwarded by the administration would expand the permitted use of juvenile records and give prosecutors discretion to prosecute serious juvenile offenders as adults. 98. The boy, who is not being identified because he is a juvenile offender, was not required to make the climb or the leap. 99. The constitutional question is whether executing a juvenile offender is cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. 100. The House bill, which will be completed today, is expected to be weaker on gun control but tougher on penalties for juvenile offenders. |