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The juvenile court wing. >> no talking in the hallway. >> on the judge's docket, today, two very different but equally heavy hearings. the case of two young brothers who have been in detention over and over but still could face years in the juvenile system. and then there's devon who at 18 will stand in the judge's courtroom one last time. if he gets locked up again it will be in adult jail. >> i wish i could just go back to when i was 10 years old. with the knowledge i have now, i could anywhere if i hadn't started messing around with the drugs. >> you think your kids will come home with you ...

Kids whether in the hearing or outside the hearing is monumental. i think if there was one single thing that i would point to to be able to predict the success or failure of a young person is the family involvement and support. sounds like for about four years now the court has been involved not only with his life, but obviously your life as well. >> mm-hmm. >> so he's turned 18 now. you're a family that's had a lot of intervention. pretty quickly there will be none. >> we are here to back him up 100%. i do have a a lot of family support. everybody is pulling for him. you know, but he has to p...

Please. he said, i'll straighten up, mom, please. and i wouldn't let him. i said no. i can't do that. i can't let you in the house. and then i find out he was shot. >> so on this monday the judge has found it's in the best interest for the brothers kenneth and kentrell to remain detained until their next court hearing. will devon's mother's pleas and his age be enough to convince the judge it's time for him to come home? >> he's on the verge of doing something really horrible in his life and taking him away from you forever or on the verge of being able to turn that corner.

Why did you leave your mother's home? >> the reason i left is we started getting into arguments. i was getting into a little bit of trouble. i started smoking weed again. i left the home because i was scared that when i did go to court these would be brought up, and i would end up getting in trouble. >> what were you thinking was going to happen to the case, devon? >> i was thinking upon my 18th birthday it would just be dropped. as the case is, it isn't. >> as it relates to your arm in a sling, what happened to you, devon? >> while i was on my own i was hanging with the wrong group of people ...

Will end up hurting somebody if not themselves. >> they're both staying. detained. i'm going to bonaventura? >> will you state your name, please? >> devon starkey. >> how old are you, devon? >> i'm 18. >> we're here because devon was arrested on a bench warrant issued by the court. it says here your whereabouts were unknown by the juvenile lake county probation department. further he has failed to attend his court-ordered counseling and lastly, he has failed to attend an educational program on a regular basis. go on and have a seat up here, please. >> you were ordered by the court to attend ...