Saying that there was a lack of intent, an Indiana judge today acquitted a 12-year-old boy of murdering his 6-year-old brother, but found him guilty, as a juvenile, of reckless…
In the opening statement of the trial for murder suspect Jacob Brighton, defense attorney Marc Shiner told jurors Brighton’s parents “deserved to be shot; they deserved it, legally.”
Six young black men who faced potential hefty prison sentences five years ago, as high school students, in a controversial case that led to civil rights protests and substantially reduced…
An angry juvenile court judge yesterday told two teenagers and an 11-year-old boy that their “actions, behavior, and attitude” concerning a July 29 flash mob attack by a large group…
Initially charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his mother, an 11-year-old Illinois boy pleaded guilty yesterday to second-degree murder.
The unidentified youth expressed no remorse in yesterday’s…
A juvenile court judge in Clayton County, Ga., has ordered a teenager to create a memorial to a 2-year-old girl who died at a daycare center after being left in…
A 15-year-old United States citizen who admittedly killed four people by slitting their throats has been convicted in a Mexican court of torturing and beheading four people and kidnapping another…
The defense attorney asked a judge if an 11-year-old boy charged with murder and reckless homicide in the shooting of his 6-year-old brother could be released from custody to attend…
A few law bloggers managed to score invites and field test Google+, the company’s new Facebook-style social network—and most liked what they saw. “Google+ appears to…
Steve Stuban at home in the room where Nick’s mom, who has Lou Gehrig’s disease, spends most of her time. The hearing that preceeded Nick’s suicide was “aversarial to an extreme,” Stuban says. Photo by James Kegley.
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A youth’s age is relevant when deciding whether a person being questioned by police is in “custody,” triggering the need for a Miranda warning, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled…
Although apparently too young to be charged with a crime, an unidentified 5-year-old girl is being investigated by Kansas City police as a suspect in what they are calling the…
The Ohio Supreme Court has struck down the state’s statutory rape law in a case involving a 12-year-old boy accused of sexual conduct with a boy who was a year…
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