PRINTABLE PAGE States Adjust Adult Prisons to Needs of Youth Inmates (The New York Times) By Sara RimerOriginally published in The New York Times, July 25, 2001 INDIAN SPRINGS, Nev. — Shaun Miller was 15 in 1998 when he was…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Americans Want Child Criminals Sentenced As Kids By Gail Appleson, Law CorrespondentOriginally published by Reuters, March 28, 2001 NEW YORK (Reuters) — Most Americans believe children accused of murder should be tried as juveniles despite a national wave…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Court Upholds Life in Prison For Teenager By Paul Pinkham, Times-Union staff writer Originally published in The Florida Times-Union, February 7, 2002 At 14, Joshua Phillips was old enough to be sentenced to life in prison without parole…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Chavis Indicted for King Murder By Ginny GraybielOriginally published in The Pensacola News Journal, April 12, 2002 Ricky Marvin Chavis, 40, was indicted today in the death of Terry King on Nov. 26. King was beaten to death…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Panhandle Boys Indicted For Murdering Father By Bill Kaczor, for The Associated PressOriginally published by The Associated Press, December 12, 2001 PENSACOLA — A grand jury indicted two adolescent brothers as adults on premeditated murder and arson charges…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Revised Young Offenders Act Soon to Be Law Originally published in The Toronto Star, February 4, 2002 OTTAWA (CP) — It took seven years, three drafts and more than 160 amendments, but the Liberals have pushed a revamped…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Boy Who Shot Teacher Convicted of Murder By Amanda RiddleOriginally published by The Associated Press, May 16, 2001 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A jury convicted a 14-year-old boy of second-degree murder Wednesday for shooting his English…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Deputy Fired Over Friendship in Boys’ Murder Case Originally published by The Associated Press, March 24, 2002 PENSACOLA — A sheriff’s deputy was fired because of his friendship with a convicted child molester charged with harboring two juvenile…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Florida Boys Convicted in Father’s Death By Dana CanedyOriginally published in The New York Times, September 7, 2002 PENSACOLA, Fla. — After two trials in which the prosecution presented different accounts of the same killing, a jury today…