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Sparing Children from Life in Prison without Parole | Juvenile Justice...
Jason Baldwin hopes to spare others from growing up, growing old - and dying - in prison. Baldwin, who was sentenced to life without parole at 16 for a crime he did not commit, served 18 years and...
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High schoolers react to fire attack on bus - SFGate
On Nov. 4, the jokester, 16-year-old Richard Thomas, lit the skirt of the agender person, 18-year-old Sasha Fleischman, on fire as they rode an AC Transit bus. Fleischman has been in a hospital ever...
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Lawyer: Fire attack on Sasha Fleischman a 'prank' - SFGate
The 16-year-old boy facing hate-crime charges for allegedly setting a gender-identity activist on fire should not be prosecuted as an adult for a "prank," his attorney said Friday. Richard Thomas...
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Open Letter From Karl Fleischman on "Agender" Son, Sasha Fleischman | NBC Bay...
local Dear sweet Sequoia family, As many of you know already, my 18-year-old child Sasha was seriously burned on Monday afternoon. Sasha woke from a nap on the 57 bus to find that, apparently, another...
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Money Still Flowing for "Agender" Teen, Sasha Fleischman, Burned on Bus | NBC...
local Teachers, students, friends and strangers are still coming up with ways to show their support for an East Bay high school senior, who suffered second- and third-degree burns when the student's...
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March for fire victim Sasha Fleischman set for tonight | Berkeleyside
Supporters of Sasha Fleischman, the 18-year-old Maybeck High School student who was set fire to while riding an AC Transit bus on Nov. 4, are planning a solidarity march tonight, Thursday Nov. 14, on...
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A Letter to My Community After My Child Was Lit on Fire | Karl Fleischman
None of us can know the mind of the kid who lit a flame to Sasha's skirt, but I have a feeling that if he had seen Sasha's skirt as an expression of another kid's unique, beautiful self and had smiled...
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Lawyer Says Teen Burned On AC Transit Bus Was Prank « CBS San Francisco
Reporting Holly Quan Related tags AC Transit, Agender, Alameda County District Attorney, Crime, Fire, Holly Quan, Luke "Sasha" Fleischman, Luke Fleischman, Maybeck High School, Oakland, Richard Thomas,...
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Hercules School Investigates Fight That May Involve Transgender Teen « CBS...
HERCULES (CBS SF) - Police and school administrators are investigating a fight at Hercules High School earlier this week that may have involved a transgender student. The fight between four 16-year-old...
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Hans Zimmer Confirms Batkid Theme Music « CBS San Francisco
(CBS SF/ RADIO.COM) - If you're on the Internet today (Nov. 15), there's a good chance you've tuned in to follow the saga of "Batkid," AKA 5-year-old leukemia patient Miles whose dream of becoming...
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Disposable youth: Florida case highlights failed policies of placing children...
They were known as "test of heart" fights. Children entering Florida's Polk County Jail were challenged to these fights by other children. It was a way to test the toughness of a newcomer and establish...
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238 Trans People Murdered Worldwide In The Past Year
Brazil and Mexico lead the list for the most reported killings of trans people in the past year, according to a report released Wednesday by Transgender Europe 's Trans Murder Monitoring project. The...
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Oakland teen burned on bus ready to go to school - SFGate
Fleischman came home Wednesday from a San Francisco hospital burn unit after recovering there from second- and third-degree burns suffered when a 16-year-old boy set the teen's skirt ablaze on Nov. 4...
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Jailed for Life for Stealing a $159 Jacket? 3,200 Serving Life Without Parole...
A shocking new study by the American Civil Liberties Union has found that more than 3,200 people nationwide are serving life terms without parole for nonviolent offenses. Of those prisoners, 80 percent...
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