Message from Morna Murray at the Children's Defense Fund

The gangs bill that Senator Feinstein has introduced, S. 155, has
juvenile provisions that would make it easier to transfer juveniles to
adult status in the federal system. The Children's Defense Fund opposes
those provisions and I would urge all of you to read this bill
carefully. There is more funding for prosecution than there is for
prevention or intervention. It imposes the death penalty on states who
have abolished it. It does not, in our opinion, address the root causes
of gangs in this country.

Morna Murray
Director, Education and Youth Development
Children's Defense Fund
202-662-3577