Juveniles

A public records mediation office in Tennessee has ruled that statements made by juveniles who are neither victims nor being charged with an offense are part of the public record and must be released upon request, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported.

After a request by the News Sentinel, officials in Knox County had originally kept two juveniles' statements from the public record of an accidental shooting in December, believing they were exempt from Tennessee's open records laws.

A Florida judge issued an emergency order Thursday prohibiting the press from reporting on a high-profile trial of middle school students accused of sexually assaulting a classmate in a  locker room.

In the midst of an extensive overhaul of its child protection agency, New Jersey has announced it will no longer disclose detailed case reports outlining its supervision of children who die from abuse or neglect.

A Louisiana judge ruled on Friday that a host of court documents in the high-profile, racially-charged "Jena Six" case should be given to the news media, the Associated Press reported.

A Louisiana appeals court ruled this week that the juvenile court proceedings of one of the teenagers involved in the high-profile "Jena Six" case was improperly closed to the public.

The editor of a weekly newspaper in Kentucky is in hot water after publishing a juvenile murder suspect's photo, which was taken through the door of a closed courtroom, The Associated Press reports.