Creative Justice, A New Public Art Program, Offers Alternatives to Jail for King County Youth

This artwork by one of the youth in Creative Justice last year is called Descanso, Spanish for a cross or marker placed at the site of a violent death. All photos by Tim Aguero
Claire Thornton was a prosecuting attorney with King County for several years when her bosses shuttled her back to where she'd began: the Juvenile Unit of the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. Like many young prosecutors, she'd served in the juvenile unit for a short time and got out of there. It was known as a p