My response to murder and robbery charges filed against a 14-year-old in Brett Scrogham's case, Marion County's juvenile crime crisis, and the shroud of secrecy in the juvenile justice system.
— Philip Foust for Marion County Prosecutor (@PhilipMFoust) June 7, 2026
📽️0:32 Moral clarity needed regarding accountability
📽️1:42 Mears doesn't understand… pic.twitter.com/FAd8Hxj1vq
My response to murder and robbery charges filed against a 14-year-old in Brett Scrogham's case, Marion County's juvenile crime crisis, and the shroud of secrecy in the juvenile justice system.
📽️0:32 Moral clarity needed regarding accountability
📽️1:42 Mears doesn't understand deterrence
📽️2:14 Juvenile crime crisis
📽️2:46 Juvenile justice under Mears is a joke
📽️4:30 Failed leadership emboldens criminals
📽️4:42 Call for Statehouse and court administration to limit juvenile justice secrecy
📽️5:03 I worked in the juvenile system and saw how the interests of victims and the public were ignored
📽️5:22 Shroud of secrecy around juvenile crime protects lenient judges and an ideological prosecutor alike
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