The Young Adult Court isn't about punishment - it's about rescuing young people from a lifetime of repeat offenses after stumbling into the legal system as a young adult.
Graduation day looks different in a courtroom but is no less of an accomplishment. For William Davis, it is a life-altering event. Davis is the 29th graduate of the"What we want to do is leave these young men without a felony for the rest of their lives, because when you have a felony on your record for the rest of your life you have to always check the box.
There are over 700 places where you cannot work in California with even the lowest level felony conviction. For instance, you can't get a dog walker's license in California if you are a felon. For young people with much of their life ahead, that leaves very few options. "Either jail or dead," says Noah Linkon when asked where he'd be without Young Adult Court. He graduated in April of this year, putting his life on a different path.
"At the end of the day, it's up to yourself to help yourself, but this program does allow for somebody to look at their life in a new lens of one path or another," Linkon said.
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