How does the baseline of juvenile rights outlined by Supreme Court decisions help to mitigate the vast differences in juvenile law from state to state?

What will be an ideal response?


The consistent baseline is that those rights that have been afforded to juveniles by the Supreme
Court of the United States. No state can infringe on these rights. The basic Fourth, Fifth, Sixth
and Fourteenth Amendment rights as outlined in this chapter are applicable, and probable cause
remains the standard of proof required.

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