Gay Teen Murder No Reason for Law
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Viewpoint: The tragic killing of a gay eighth-grader in California should be an occasion for mourning, not new hate-crime legislation
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled to assess the morality and propriety of states&#39; executing murderers who killed at age 16 or 17 - the ultimate punishment carried out in few places outside the United States.
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Pat Finucane's family will not take part in any inquiry into his murder under the terms set out in legislation.
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Police arrested a third teenager Friday in the shooting of an 11-year-old boy whose death has confronted a shocked Britain with the problem of youth violence and gang culture.
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Comment is free: Kathryn Hughes: The prosecution of a teen for putting her feet up shows we've lost the plot on antisocial behaviour.
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The shooting death of a member of Edie Brickell &amp; New Bohemians appears to fall under state law permitting deadly force in self-defense, police said Tuesday.
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By Linda Thomson Deseret Morning News  Third District Judge Robin Reese on Wednesday denied a request by defense attorneys to admit any evidence regarding any sexual activity that a 14-year-old slaying victim might have engaged in.  Dan L.
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RIVERHEAD, N.Y. -- A black man who invoked images of lynch mobs in explaining why he killed a white teenager has been convicted of second-degree manslaughter because a jury rejected defense lawyers' arguments that his actions were justified.
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WASHINGTON - A deeply divided Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday over whether states should be allowed to execute teenage killers, with several justices raising concerns that the United States is out of step with the rest of the world.    Nineteen states allow capital punishment for 16- and 17-year-olds, and more than 70 juvenile murderers are on death row...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- When gay rights activist Brian Williamson was stabbed to death in June, and jubilant crowds danced around his mutilated body, police said he had been a robbery victim.
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The attorney general considers appealing against the non-custodial sentence of a paedophile.
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Things are looking up for six black teens charged with trying to kill a white classmate last year after a Louisiana court vacated the conviction of one of the men. But national civil-rights advocates say something remains very amiss in the small town.
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Three teenagers are questioned by police in connection with the death of a 15-year-old boy.
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The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction Monday of a teenager who claimed antidepressants led him to kill his grandparents and set their house on fire when he was just 12 years old.
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Service providers can be  fined Â£15,000 for breaching gay sex laws, but a law on harassment is quashed.
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In the months since a 14-year-old boy was found shot to death with a state senator's handgun at his side, questions have swirled about whether his death was a suicide, homicide or some sort of terrible accident.
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BATON ROUGE, La. - A state judge Tuesday threw out a Louisiana constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, less than three weeks after it was overwhelmingly approved by the voters...