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Denver Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey often is credited with generating the first interest in juvenile law in Colorado. Under the authority of the School Law, Lindsey held that a child under 16 years of age who had committed a criminal act would be charged with improper conduct. He or she could be prosecuted as a juvenile disorderly person rather than as a criminal under the general statutes. Lindsey’s commitment to the cause of children and the law appeared to come from a sudden realization that the law should treat children differently from adults. Part of a The Colorado Lawyer article written by Laoise King. Read the whole article. |
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Read Judge
Fredric Rodger's Articles on Judge Benjamin Lindsey.
Read Judge Lindsey's story in Judge
Lindsey's words. Read a 2001 skit by the Thompson Marsh Inn of Court about Judge Lindsey. |
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