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Our Youngest Killers: Juveniles Serving Life w/o Parole in Massachusetts
15 years after the Massachusetts Legislature passed one of the harshest juvenile murderer sentencing laws in the country, the New England Center for Investigative Reporting (NECIR) revealed, for the first time, serious disparities in the way juvenile killers have been punished under the law.
Tags: Massachusetts; New England Center for Investigative Reporting; Juvenile Killers; Murder
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Our Youngest Killers
Fifteen years after the Massachusetts Legislature passed one of the harshest juvenile murderer sentencing laws in the country, the New England Center for Investigative Reporting revealed serious disparities in the way juvenile killers have been punished under the law.
Tags: juvenile killers; murder; disparity
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Our Youngest Killers: Juveniles Serving Life w/o Parole in Massachusetts
An investigation into the incarcerations of Massachusetts teens sentenced to life in prison reveals parole reveal inequities in the 1996 law.
Tags: Parole; Life Sentenve; Juvenile
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Our Youngest Killers: Juveniles Serving Life Without Parole in Massachusetts
Fifteen years after the Massachusetts Legislature passed one of the harshest juvenile murder sentencing laws in the country, a New England Center for Investigative Reporting (NECIR) investigation revealed, for the first time, serious disparities in the way juvenile killers have been punished under the law. The article investigates 60 juvenile murder cases in Massachusetts.
Tags: juvenile; crime; massachusetts; court; legal system; sentence; parole
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Baby-Faced Butchers
Realtor Michael McMorrow was murdered on May 23, 1997 in Central Park after being stabbed 34 times, disemboweled and thrown into the lake. The two killers were teenagers: a spoiled rich girl, Daphne Abdela and her working class boyfriend Christopher Vasquez.
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Teens Who Kill
The Sun investigates increase in juvenile crime in San Bernardino County. The main findings: teen arrest rate is double the state average, and more and more high-profile murders have been committed by youngsters. "The stories document the impact of family dysfunction, drugs and poverty in turning kids into killers," according to The Sun contest questionnaire.
Tags: police; law enforcement; juvenile justice; courts; gangs; shootings; youth violence