Juveniles who are tried and sentenced as adults often begin serving their sentences in the juvenile system and are later moved to an adult prison, sometimes at a young age. The adult system focuses on the offense, with a greater emphasis on punishment. Juvenile court focuses on the needs of the juvenile, not the crime the court’s main goal is rehabilitation. Why does it matter where the case is heard? Here, she discusses Wisconsin’s harsh treatment of juvenile offenders and why the Slender Man case - unusual as it is - matters to all.ĭefense attorneys pushed to have the Slender Man case tried in juvenile, rather than adult court. Tina Freiburger, chair of the criminal justice department in UWM’s Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, is the author of the soon-to-be-released book Race and Ethnicity in the Juvenile Justice System. Now 13, the girls will be tried as adults and face up to 45 years in prison if convicted. Juvenile justice reform advocates nationwide are watching the Slender Man case in Waukesha, where two 12-year-old girls stabbed a classmate 19 times in an effort to please the fictional horror character. Tina Freiburger, author of the soon-to-be-released book Race and Ethnicity in the Juvenile Justice System, discusses issues related to Waukesha’s Slender Man trial.
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