Juvenile Detention

Teens may be adults in drive-by trial
Wichita Eagle - Prosecutors plan to seek adult status for the teenage suspects in the shooting involving a state trooper. The drive-by shooting earlier this month aimed at a state trooper has three teens facing possible charges as adults. Prosecutors set hearings

Letters 01/27: Parents change, discipline suffers
Memphis Commercial Appeal - I agree with Wendi C. Thomas about the need for parents to discipline their kids at home (Jan. 24 column, "Now it's up to parents to pull out the paddle"). Sadly, schools are no longer safe havens for our kids. I have a daughter who attends a public

Police hunt for teen in man's slaying
Cincinnati Post - Police arrested a 17 year old for murder Thursday in the slaying of a Crittenden, Ky., man outside a Covington public housing complex last Saturday. Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Howard "Spud" Edwards Jr., who remains at large. Edwards

News from the San Joaquin Valley
Gainesville Sun - man convicted of raping and murdering an acquaintance in her home two decades ago was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Robert Conrad Watson was charged in the 1986 death of Valerie Enriquez after more advanced DNA tests led officials to

Boy bombers to serve time
Cincinnati Enquirer - NEWPORT - "A classic example of high school stupidity" is how one defense attorney characterized last fall's series of pipe bombing incidents by seven Campbell County teens. The boys say they didn't mean to harm anyone when they blew up an Alexandria