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Juvenile justice: speakers at California parish strip away illusions of fairness of U.S. system

A two-part series on injustices in the U.S. juvenile justice system.

* Part One: A parish examines the issues. Eight-year-olds in detention. And the Mario Rocha case (see accompanying story).

Part Two: Delinquents at the altar. A Catholic detention minister ranked a world class citizen by Human Rights Watch. And Los Angeles County's highly rated juvenile camps under threat of closure from state budget shortfalls.

No child whose feet can't touch the floor when seated facing the judge in chambers should be behind bars, said Cristine Soto. In fact, said public defender Soto, kids 8 years old and up are being arrested and held for trial "on charges you and I would assume they're being grounded for."

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