New Tennessee law offers both hope and accountability for the state's juvenile offenders. Contrary to what critics thinks, it's a positive.

The new legislation allows convicted juveniles to get a "blended sentence," handing offenders both a juvenile and adult ...

1, the new laws sponsored and co-sponsored by Lowe include: - Blended sentencing ... there are only two options. One option is to handle the case in the juvenile court system where the juvenile ...

So far, the high court has held in other “juvenile ... options because of the burden they place on victims and victims' families who will have to relive their trauma during the new sentencing ...