Two Teens Charged in Ohio Slaying
Two Missouri teens have been charged in the death of an Ohio man whose body was found in the refrigerated compartment of a tractor-trailer. Six other people also have been charged in the death of 20-year-old James William Boyd McNeely, including the trucker in whose rig the body was found. Missouri officials wouldn’t say whether [...]
Pastor Contacted Police After Taking In Runaway Convert
A Florida pastor who took in an Ohio runaway after she converted from Islam to Christianity says he was never told he was breaking the law. Pastor Blake Lorenz says in an affidavit filed in Ohio juvenile court that he contacted authorities about 17-year-old Rifqa Bary at least four times. He says police didn’t pick [...]
Supreme Court to Look at Life Sentences for Juveniles
The Supreme Court is deliberating on whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison with no chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment. Their considerations are focused particularly on cases where the crime was a homicide. The cases, which were heard on Monday, involve two convicted men from Florida. They were sentenced to live [...]
Life in Prison Deemed Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Juveniles
The Supreme Court is examining the case of two Florida convicts who were given a life without parole sentence for non-homicide related crimes. The young men in question were both sent away to prison when they were in their teens. Attorneys fro the men argue that it would be considered cruel and unusual punishment to sentence [...]
Pa. High Court Dismisses Juvenile Convictions
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has dismissed thousands of juvenile convictions issued by a judge involved in a corruption scandal. The convictions were thrown out because the juveniles on trial did not get fair hearings, officials said Tuesday. More than five years’ worth of cases were thrown out, all of which were heard by disgraced [...]
Two Teens Admit Involvement in School Shooting Plot
Two teenagers have admitted to being involved in a plot to shoot students and administrators at schools in the farming town of Turner, Oregon. A fourteen-year-old girl admitted to conspiracy to commit assault in a juvenile court hearing on Thursday. A teenage boy also confessed to a similar charge, and has been ordered to serve [...]
Florida Teen Set Ablaze, Three in Custody
Authorities from Florida state recently reported that a fifteen-year-old received burns across three-quarters of his body after other teens dumped flammable liquid on him and set him on fire. The Sheriff’s Department of Broward County is currently investigating whether this attack could have been due to the teenager stopping the theft of his father’s bicycle [...]