Confidentiality In Juvenile Court Cases

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During violent crimes of juveniles, there should be some confidentiality in courtrooms with closed doors so that it prevents the public from seeing the difficult cases because it also helps to handle the societal problems represented in the juvenile court cases. In the case of People v. Smith 470 NW2d 70 the facts where clear. Smith had pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and was convicted because he was a habitual offender which this constituted his fourth offense. Smith’s juvenile records were opened, and his prior crimes that he committed as a juvenile was used against him. The court rules for this purpose that juvenile records and rules of the court concerning juvenile records. Which these record should not be used for educational purposes,