Terrorism charge for 18-year-old in Alabama
An Alabama prosecutor says an 18-year-old has been charged with soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism, though details of the case aren't being released. ......
View ArticleHC upholds death penalty for 2010 rape, murder of six-yr-old
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has confirmed the death sentence given to a 24-year-old youth for raping, sodomising and then brutally murdering a six-year-old girl in Bhayander in 2010. Observing that...
View ArticleWhy Connecticut may try 21-year-olds as juveniles
When the Connecticut legislature voted to raise the age of those eligible to be tried in its juvenile justice system from 16 to 18 in 2007, there was widespread skepticism. Police chiefs and judicial...
View Article2 minors stab 17-year-old to death in S Delhi
New Delhi: A 17-year-old boy was on Monday night stabbed to death by two minors in south Delhi's Govindpuri area. Police say the victim, Rahul, was only recently released from a juvenile justice home....
View ArticleBoy's murder conviction sharpens debate on whether juveniles are fit to waive...
Joseph, 10, had just told police he shot his father while he slept. The father had threatened to remove smoke detectors from the home and burn the family in it, the boy related, and had beaten him and...
View ArticleNassau DA continues investigation into mauling death of 9-year old girl
As of yesterday (November 19), officials at the office of Nassau County, NY District Attorney Madeline Singas confirmed that they are continuing their investigation into the mauling death of a 9-year...
View ArticleMom of slain Alabama infant disputes allegations
A woman charged in the death of her infant daughter — who authorities say was killed by an 8-year-old boy — disputes allegations that she left the children home alone, her attorney said Wednesday....
View ArticleProsecutors charge teen with murder in death of 8-year-old
Prosecutors charged a 15-year-old boy with murder, kidnapping and rape Wednesday in the death of an 8-year-old girl in an artists complex in a California beach town. Police say Adrian Jerry Gonzalez...
View ArticleSuburban Chicago Girl, 14, Charged in Stabbing Death of 11-Year-Old
A 14-year-old suburban Chicago girl faces first-degree murder charges in connection with the stabbing death of an 11-year-old girl who lived in the same Mundelein home. Authorities were called to a...
View ArticleJuvenile held for rape of 10-year-old girl
CHENNAI: A 17-year-old boy was on Thursday arrested for the rape of a 10-year-old girl found outside her house in Sholavaram on Sunday last. The accused juvenile was booked under the Protection of...
View ArticleUtah teenager ordered held in killing of 12-year-old girl
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A teenage boy suspected of luring a 12-year-old neighbor from her Utah home and killing her has been ordered held...
View ArticleMan on Alabama death row is freed after 15 years
William Ziegler’s murder conviction had been overturned but, threatened with a retrial, he struck plea deal on lesser charge of aiding and abetting...
View Article15-year-old charged in 12-year-old's shooting death
FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (AP) A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in the shooting death of a...
View Article14-Year-Old Charged With Murder In Death Of 11-Year-Old Mundelein Girl
WGN A 14-year-old Mundelein, Ill. girl faces first-degree murder charges after an 11-year-old was found dead with multiple stab wounds. First-degree murder charges have been approved for a 14-year-old...
View ArticleDA: Alabama teen indicted on murder charge in hanging death of 9-year-old...
ASHVILLE, Ala. — An Alabama teenager has been indicted on a capital murder charge in the hanging death of his 9-year-old half-sister. St. Clair County District...
View Article8-year-old charged with murder in 'vicious' beating of 1-year-old
An 8-year-old boy accused of beating a 1-year-old girl to death while they were left home alone as their mothers went to a night club has been charged with murder. Police say the child, Kelci Lewis,...
View ArticleA 11-year-old Tennessee boy is being held for killing an 8-year-old girl...
An 11-year-old eastern Tennessee boy was in custody for murder on Monday for shooting and killing an 8-year-old neighbor girl with a shotgun because she would not show him her puppies, authorities...
View ArticleGirl killers are rare as 16-year-old held on murder charge
A 16-year-old girl charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of another teenager is one of a handful of girls in Franklin County accused of taking a life. Cierra L. Howard was at her East Side home on...
View ArticleAlabama man to be freed after nearly 30 years on death row
An Alabama judge on Thursday ordered the release of a man who has been on death row in a state facility for nearly three decades, according to state officials. Anthony Ray Hinton is...
View ArticleTennessee boy, 11, held for killing 8-year-old girl over puppies: sheriff
By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - An 11-year-old eastern Tennessee boy was in custody for murder on Monday for shooting and killing an 8-year-old neighbor girl with a shotgun because she...
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