When a juvenile is accused of a sex crime, the path toward adjudication is a long and complicated one. Tim O'Donnell, a deputy district attorney in Marion County's juvenile division, explains what the path looks like from the first allegation to the end of the process. But the victims should not be forgotten in all of this, says the Lane County Sexual Assault Support Services Executive Director BB Beltran. [Chelsea Deffenbacher/The Register-Guard]

<p>When a juvenile is accused of a sex crime, the path toward adjudication is a long and complicated one. Tim O'Donnell, a deputy district attorney in Marion County's juvenile division, explains what the path looks like from the first allegation to the end of the process. But the victims should not be forgotten in all of this, says the Lane County Sexual Assault Support Services Executive Director BB Beltran. [Chelsea Deffenbacher/The Register-Guard]</p>

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