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4 Las Vegas teens plead guilty in classmate's deadly beating as part of plea deal
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Four Las Vegas teenagers pleaded guilty Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter in the fatal beating of their high school classmate, as part of a deal with prosecutors that kept them from being tried as adults. The teens originally were charged in January as adults with...
First criminal trial starts in New Hampshire youth detention center abuse scandal
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire prosecutor told jurors Monday that a former youth detention center worker “took exactly what he wanted, where he wanted it and when he wanted it” when he repeatedly raped a teenage girl, while his attorney said the accuser concocted the allegations for...
Alabama district judge suspended and accused of letting child abuse cases 'languish,' complaint says
OZARK, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama district judge who presides over cases in juvenile court, often involving child abuse or neglect, has been suspended after a state-led investigation that looked at hundreds of cases and took over a year to complete. The Alabama Judicial Inquiry...
4 Las Vegas teens agree to plead guilty as juveniles in deadly beating of high school student
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Four Las Vegas teenagers accused in the fatal beating of their high school classmate have agreed to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a deal that will keep them from being tried as adults, lawyers said Thursday. The teens originally were charged in January...
Survivors sue Illinois over decades of sexual abuse at Chicago youth detention center
CHICAGO (AP) — Temarkus Washington says the sexual abuse he experienced as a teenager at a troubled Chicago youth detention center still gives him nightmares. The 35-year-old spoke publicly about his experiences Tuesday, a day after joining two lawsuits collecting dozens of abuse...
Disputed verdict draws both sides back to court in New Hampshire youth detention center abuse case
Brentwood, N.H. (AP) — Both sides in a landmark trial over abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center returned to the courtroom Monday, seven weeks after jurors delivered what remains an unsettled verdict. A jury awarded $38 million to David Meehan in May but found the state...
