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The '''Justice Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice''' (formerly the ''Criminal Justice Center'' or CJC), is a [[courthouse]] that is located in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. It is the main criminal courthouse of the [[First Judicial District of Pennsylvania]] (which comprises Philadelphia), housing the Criminal Section of the [[Pennsylvania courts of common pleas|Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas]] and the Criminal Division of the [[Philadelphia Municipal Court]].<ref name='Common Pleas'>{{cite web|url=http://www.philacourts.us/common-pleas/trial/criminal/ |title= Court of Common Pleas Trial Division - Criminal |accessdate=2019-02-20| work=The Philadelphia Courts, First Judicial District of Pennsylvania }}</ref><ref name='Municipal Court'>{{cite web|url=http://www.courts.phila.gov/municipal/ |title= Municipal Court |accessdate=2019-02-20| work=The Philadelphia Courts, First Judicial District of Pennsylvania }}</ref>
==History and architectural features==
The CJC is a seventeen-story, [[steel-framed building]] that was completed in 1994 in order to alleviate pressure from courtrooms located in [[Philadelphia City Hall]]. The center is located at 1301 Filbert Street.
In May 2012, the Criminal Justice Center was renamed in honor of the late Justice [[Juanita Kidd Stout]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Ransom|first=Jan|title=Council renames courthouse for Justice Juanita Kidd Stout|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/cityhall/Council-renames-courthouse-for-Justice-Juanita-Kidd-Stout-.html|newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News|date=May 31, 2012}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Philadelphia City Hall]] (the main civil courthouse of the First Judicial District)
* [[List of state and county courthouses in Pennsylvania]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.butzenterprisesinc.com/Project_PhilaCriminalJustice.aspx Center for Criminal Justice's technical specifications]
* [http://www.synterraltd.com/SynterraLtd/casestudies/crjustctr/crjustctr.htm Architectural overview of the CCJ]
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