Thomas Ketchum later known as "Black Jack"" Ketchum was a notorious train robber from about 1895 to 1901. ... The gang stopped the train, holding it up at gunpoint, and made off with about $20,000. ... He described the man as filthy dirty, with a tattered hat, clothes from the 1800's, and terribly yellowed teeth who didn't seem to recognize them take out his gun and shoot several times then he noticed the boy and he looked surprised to see the boy and said "you're not supposed to be here " and then just disappeared. The boy still had the shell casings and checked them out on the...

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Brenton Butler a fifteen year old boy was taken into custody for twelve hours. ... Michael Crowe a fourteen year old boy of Escondido, California has a similar situation. ... About 35% of wrongful convictions are false confessions. ...

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In "The Outsiders" by S.E Hinton we are introduced to a boy and his life in a gang. ... Ponyboy is a smart, bright boy living in the wrong side of town and consequently a member of a gang called the "Greasers". ... Till he meet Cherry and was more opened to her and tells a bit about his life. ... He tries to deals with his problems with Darry by talking and not getting all emotional about it. ...

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Americans may be fanatical about gun ownership. ... After an argument, a twelve year old New Jersey boy shot three times at a classmate. When agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms questioned the boy he stated that he paid three hundred dollars for the gun three days earlier. ...

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You think you saw an opposing player intentionally elbow the injured boy's face. The boy is severely injured, but the referees have not called a foul on the offending youth. ... "He told me it's about time someone shed blood,"Limon said . ... Are there benefits to being labeled a "bad boy" in the sport arena? ... Sports Illustrated writer, Steve Rushin gives a humorous account about the recent rash of baseball fights. ...

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The Bicycle thief - Antonio and Bruno's relationship On one level, the film is about the economical crisis and the unemployment in Italy during the post-war period. ... No one seems to care about others because everybody has their own problems. ... When Antonio gives a reason why he is late, Bruno just follows him again like the little boy who looks up to father, but he is still wondering about the bike. ... After this a boy falls in the water and Antonio thinks that it is Bruno. ... He wants his father to complain about it, but Antonio does not seem to bother. ...

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The boy's older siblings had gotten into trouble with the police, and served time. ... The family was almost relieved when the oldest boy; Terence, was sentence to prison because of his involvement with the gangs. ... While reading about the lives of these two boys, your heart breaks. ...

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The boy's older siblings had gotten into trouble with the police, and served time. ... The family was almost relieved when the oldest boy; Terence, was sentence to prison because of his involvement with the gangs. ... While reading about the lives of these two boys, your heart breaks. ...

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Didn't he know that a 12-year-old boy overpowers a 6-year-old girl? Was the boy mentally challenged? ... This is something to think about if "we" are ever in a position on either side of this story. ...

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The boy was executed for beastiality, or having sex with animals when he was 17 years old (Beiser 2). ... This situation is an example of a child not thinking about the consequences. Kevin Stanford must have been so scared about what would happen to him regarding the acts of sodomy performed on the victim that he shot her in hopes that no one would find out. He didn't think about the consequences of murder. ... When it came time for the sentencing, the judge "acknowledged that the boy's youth was a substantial mitigating factor but refused, as a matter of law, to consider Monty'...

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He changes from a nice, happy, smart boy to a semi-hardened mugger. ... Billy tells Johnny about the idea of a secret organization of foster boys. ... He is talking about his best friend, somebody he should trust. ... Johnny is, it seems, more sensitive about the woman seeing him do bad things. ... He feels very guilty about being one of them. ...

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It is about an orphan boy named Henry Young who in his teens tries to care for his younger sister. ... Finding the true story about Henry Stamphill starts to construct a case revolving around the fact that it was the system which was ultimately responsible for the murder and that Henry was actually the unwitting weapon. ... This is a movie about the torture of one convicted criminal, but the crime is universal: the readiness of people who hold power to destroy human beings who are in their control. ... It's a movie that you think about long after seeing it. ...

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JuliS34: I think that the internet and television has taught children how to be violent and it is easy access to find out anything and everything about crimes. ... Kip Kinkel was a fifteen year old boy who went to his high school and shot his classmates JuliS34: He had access to the internet which showed him how to build a bomb, discuss explosives with others, exposed him to violence, the tools he would need, and told him about guns and ammo. ... My parents have told me stories about when they were kids and how there parents were a lot stricter and that they always had someone to look after t...

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The boy they beat up later died, and they were convicted of murder. ... Parents, also worry about the long term effects of violent games and shows on their children. ... By watching aggression, children learn how to be aggressive in new ways and they also draw conclusions about whether being aggressive to others will bring them rewards (Huesmann and Eron, 1986). ...

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These recent school shootings have raised new questions about gun control:  How do we keep guns away from young people? ... Sadly, in cases such as the one where a six-year-old boy brought a gun to school and shot his six-year-old female classmate, the person committing the crime is only a child. ... We feel they are also partly to blame because of the misinformation they are giving the public, and the lack of discussion about the responsibilities and consequences that accompany owning a gun. ...

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Although they have a point, they are going about it the wrong way. ... Some do it out of anger and just don't care to think about the consequences that they might face later. ... For example, a 16-year-old boy wounded six schoolmates over a breakup with his girlfriend. ...

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When a twelve year old boy who was playing with his daddy's gun and kills his best friend doesn't get but more then a few years in jail. ... The psychological effects of knowing that if you commit this crime you will be put to death could be a very large factor in a persons thoughts when they are about to commit a heinous crime that would make the Death Penalty a possibility. ... The danger of executing innocent people should make anyone think twice about speeding up. ... Each year there are about 250 people are added to death row and 35 are executed. ... About 80 nations have ab...

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Michael Moore interviews parents, school employees, and students about the tragedy. ... Two students who were injured during the Columbine attack, both still having bullets inside their bodies, one being paralyzed from the waist down, were interviewed about what happened. ... In order to find answers about gun control, Michael Moore went to one of the best sources, the president of the National Rifle Association, Charlton Hesston. ... Hesston's opinion about why he thinks America has so much more gun related deaths than other countries. ... One day later, a 6 year old boy brought a gun t...

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In Truman Capote's novel In Cold Blood, he recounts the gruesome murder of a well respected Kansas family. The Clutter's lived in the small town of Holcomb where Herbert W. Clutter was a successful farmer. He was known for being an honest and fair man with no enemies. The murders shocked the town an...

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They plan to blame the government for the boy's death. ... At the end of the movie, he starts thinking about settling down, marrying, and having a son. ... Alternately Alex would also not have learned about the joys of religion in prison. ...

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John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in a middle class neighborhood. He lived with his parents and his three sisters. Like most children his age, he took part-time jobs after school. He had everything from newspaper routes to working in a grocery store. H...

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About half of all marriages in the U.S. today end up failing; they become divorces. ... Books are written about doing your own divorce. One can obtain a low budget quickie divorce by phone or fax to the Dominican Republic in about three days. ... It is hard for a single mom to raise a boy all on her own. ... There is no doubt about it; single mothers have and can continue to raise good and responsible children. ...

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In 1996, a young boy named Michael Ortiz joined the gang that called themselves the Latin Kings. ... Also, Michael did not feel completely right about shooting a rival gang member who he did not know, but he conformed to the gang's views even though they were not his own views. ...

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One of the boys was also abandoned by his father and accused his mother of beating him, while the other boy lived in a crack house and his father beat his mother until he died violently himself. ... A movie that has always comes to mind on this issue is "Boyz in the Hood" directed by John Singleton is about a group of four best friends who all grew up in Compton, California and were the product of low income homes, drug addicted neighbors, and gang violence. ...

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When a twelve year old boy who was playing with his daddy's gun and kills his best friend doesn't get but more then a few years in jail. ... It is how the death was caused that you should be so worried about. ... Only about 0.02% of homicide perpetrators get sentenced to death. ... Each year there are about 250 people are added to death row and 35 are executed. ... If we were to talk about a state like ....Ohio where 842 people have been executed since 1884. ...

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