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Teens Take the Gavel to Judge Peers

Dec 21, 2004

“Order in my court!” snaps the judge, all of 15 years old. “Everybody, stop flying around in my court!” She raps her gavel on the bench. The rambunctious jurors stop flirting with one another, and peace is restored. It’s a typical evening at the Harlem Youth Court, where neighborhood teenagers act as judge, jury, and lawyers at trials of peers.

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