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States rethink 'adult time for adult crime'

A year ago, Maydellyn Lamourt watched her 16-year-old son's dreams fall apart.

Survey: More than 1 in 10 youth inmates say they were sexually abused

More than one in 10 juvenile detainees in major U.S. facilities say they experienced some form of sexual abuse or sexual victimization while in detention, according to a report Thursday by the Department of Justice.

Burned Florida teen out of hospital

A 15-year-old boy who was burned over 65 percent of his body in October when he was set on fire, allegedly by a group of teenagers, was released from the hospital Tuesday, officials said.

Florida teens accused of burning boy plead not guilty

Three teens accused of setting a 15-year-old friend on fire pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of attempted murder, a public defender for one of the boys said.

Burned Florida teen having skin graft surgery

A Florida teenager attacked and set on fire last month, allegedly by five teenage friends, was undergoing skin graft surgery Friday, the first procedure in his recovery, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Dive in pool saved burned teen's life, paramedic says

It's a call that no firefighter ever wants to have to answer.

No bond for 3 teens charged as adults in burning of 15-year-old

Three teens accused of setting a 15-year-old friend ablaze were held without bond Tuesday on adult charges of attempted murder.

Justices debate life sentences for juveniles

The Supreme Court wrestled in often emotional terms Monday over whether sentencing juvenile criminals to life in prison without parole is "cruel and unusual" punishment, especially when their crime is not murder.

Two cases may change the way teens are punished

Sixty miles and the twin tragedies of young lives lost to violence link this industrial hub to the tough streets of North Philadelphia.

Boy, 14, charged as adult in clothes-dryer murder of 4-year-old

A 14-year-old suspect in the murder of a 4-year-old boy found drowned and then stuffed into a clothes dryer in Mendota, California, has been charged as an adult, authorities said Tuesday.

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