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This case is about a 17 year old which they don't give out his name that has killed a teenager named Luke Wallace that got stabbed in the groin. The stabbing took place in Baillieston, Glasgow on June 17, 2016. Angela Wallace ( Luke's mother ) told his high school that she texted her son an hour before he was stabbed asking him where he was and to be safe.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40742824

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This case regards a 16 year old girl named Marilee Gardener was charged for two first degree murders. She was driving and purposely crashed into two people killing them. She is seen to potentially spend 15 years of life in prison. She had originally planned to meet up with a 17 y/o friend to take drugs together and crash the car to kill themselves. While on her way she wanted to avoid being pulled over by a cop so she drove about 100 mph and hit the back of a car killing the two people inside it.

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OGDEN - A judge rejected a motion Thursday to send the case of a 16-year-old accused of murdering two people by intentionally crashing her car into them to the juvenile court system.

Second District Judge Brent West did not hesitate to hand down his decision following arguments Thursday, saying the Utah Legislature adequately assessed youth brain development and accountability when a law requiring murder charges for older teens be adjudicated in adult court was crafted.

Under Utah statute, murder charges for juveniles who are 16 or 17 years old are directly filed into district court as if they were adults. Murder charges against a juvenile who is 15 years old or younger must be filed in juvenile court. A juvenile judge can then determine whether to certify the juvenile as an adult if prosecutors want to move the case to the adult system.

Murder / aggravated murder charges for defendants 16+ are directly filed into adult court under Utah law, Isaacson calls it unconstitutional
- McKenzie Romero (@McKenzieRomero) September 8, 2016

"I don't think it's unconstitutional," West said of the statute. "I'm also of the opinion I couldn't send this case to juvenile court if I wanted to."

Marilee Patricia Gardner, 16, is charged as an adult with two counts of murder, a first-degree felony. If convicted, Gardner faces a potential sentence of 15 years to life in prison for each charge.

Tara Isaacson, one of Gardner's attorneys, said following the hearing that they will now decide whether to seek an interlocutory appeal in the case.

Drawing examples from other youth cases overturned in recent years by the U.S. Supreme Court, Isaacson argued that juveniles are less mature, more reckless, have less understanding of consequences and are more influenced by others than adults are.

Isaacson called Utah's charging statute "arbitrary."

"If Ms. Gardner had been 15 years and 11 months, there would have been a whole different set of rules. But as soon as you hit that magic age of 16, suddenly you're catapulted into the adult system with no analysis," Isaacson said.

But the judge said many laws are arbitrary. A day before a person turns 21, they cannot legally drink alcohol. A day before someone turns 18, they aren't legally allowed to smoke.

Branden Miles, chief criminal deputy with the Weber County Attorney's Office, argued that Gardner's case and others like it must be kept in adult court. Otherwise, he said, the oldest juvenile defendants accused of the most serious crimes would be the ones facing some of the shortest sentences in the youth system. The juvenile system only has jurisdiction over youth until they turn 21.

"This was no accident, this was a person acting with a depraved indifference to the value of human life," Miles said of Gardner.

Miles argued that Gardner's age, maturity and development can be considered at sentencing, should the case reach that point.

Q from judge: "Why does a judge have to take into consideration the youth of a defendant? Hasn't the legislature already done that?"
- McKenzie Romero (@McKenzieRomero) September 8, 2016

Police say Gardner stole a Chevy Tahoe from her parents' home in Layton on June 29. She later told officers she had been on her way to meet a 17-year-old friend in Roy and was planning on "purchasing drugs, taking the drugs, and then crashing her mother's car with both of them inside in an attempt to kill themselves," charging documents state.

She was fleeing from an officer who tried to pull her over when she slammed into the back of another car while going almost 100 mph, killing the occupants of the other vehicle, 20-year-old Maddison Haan of West Point and 19-year-old Tyler Christianson of Ogden. The crash occurred about 1:10 a.m. on June 30 in Roy near the intersection of 3500 West and 6000 South.

Gardner is also charged with failing to stop at the command of an officer and failure to remain at the scene of an accident involving death, third-degree felonies.

Isaacson noted that Gardiner had no history in juvenile court prior to the crash. Charges indicate the teen had been suicidal in the past, had a history of running away from home and was hospitalized for treatment shortly before the incident.

A scheduling hearing is for Oct. 19.

If someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, there are resources to help. Call the UNI Crisis Line at 801-587-3000, the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255, or visit suicidepreventionlifeline.org.

Email: mromero@deseretnews.com

Twitter: McKenzieRomero

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Judge: Double murder case for 16-year-old girl will remain in adult court

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Briana Scroggins OGDEN - A judge rejected a motion Thursday to send the case of a 16-year-old accused of murdering two people by intentionally crashing her car into them to the juvenile court system.

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In this murder case , a boy committed a crime at the age of 11 years s which entailed shooting his pregnant mother in the head . Though charged with two accounts of homicide ( the mother and 8 month old fetus ) Jordan brown pleaded not guilty . While Jordan is a minor due to his crime committed he can very well be sentenced to life without parole for performing such heinous acts . His family and friends are doing everything they can to fight for his defense. http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/10/pennsylvania.young.murder.defendant/index.html

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/10/pennsylvania.young.murder.defendant/index.html
In 2009 Kenzie Houk, a pregnant 26 year old, was found dead with a bullet shot in her head. 12 year old Jordan Brown, the victim's fiance's son, was found guilty for using his 20 gauge shotgun, that he frequently uses to hunt with his father, to shoot the victim. A lot of evidence was stacked against the 12 year old from gunshot residue to a scout confirming that the shotgun being freshly shot. His defense team has argued that many of the defendant's clothes have gunshot residue due to frequent hunting. He was tried in an adult court, however, he spent much time in the juvenile detention center and barely avoided a high chance of a life sentence without parole.

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On Christmas in the year 1998 , a 16 year old, named Shawn attacks his father during his sleep. He stabs him continuously until his dad realizes his attacker was his son. He than tackles him on the floor and they are both taken to the hospital. Shawn's mother remembers waking up to her husband screaming as the attack was happening. Before this event had occurred tension had arose because of his marijuana usage and expulsion from school. When they arrived at the hospital Shawn did not remember what had happened until a police officer had approached him and said he was going to be charged for attempted murder and if his father didn't survive for first degree murder. Prosecutors tried to convict Shawn in adult court and if found guilty he would have served 15 years to life. He discussed his sentenced with his parents and decided to plead guilty through the juvenile system than risk being tried as an adult and facing 15 years. Shawn has been arrested and charged with strong-arm robbery before this event occurred and has struggled with an alcohol addiction his mother brought upon him. Even though he has had this history the judge ruled that he will remain Santa Clara County's Juvenile Hall until he is 19 years old.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/four/shawn.html

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Kehlin Hayes, Jessica Halterman, Demian Villasenor

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/05/31/year-old-girl-accused-killing-playmate.html
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In the 2005 article, “9-Year-Old Girl Accused of Killing Playmate”, a child by the age of 9 was charged with manslaughter after she had plunged a steak knife into the chest of her friend whom she was on a play date with. The victim was an 11-year-old child and they were fighting over a ball. The young 11-year-old girl was in fifth grade and was described as a straight A student who loved dancing and double dutch. The two girls were playing with each other and the mother stepped out for a bit and while the children remained unsupervised in that little amount of time, a dispute broke out which ended in the brutal murder of an 11-year-old girl with her whole life ahead of her, over a ball. Neighbors and police describe the 9-year-old girl as “troubled” (12) and that this behavior was not out of the ordinary. This sad story brings up the controversy of sentencing children to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Should this 9-year-old child be legally sentenced to rot away the rest of her days in a prison cell? Or will she get the chance to obtain her life back after serving a limited prison sentence?
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John Katehis, a 16-year-old, posted one advertisement on Craigslist in order to receive money in exchange for sex.  With this one post, he was able to lure in George Weber, a 47-year-old ABC news reporter.  The two men came to an agreement on the price that would be paid.  Once Katehis arrived at Weber's home, he claims he was invited to drink and was also offered cocaine.  Once they became intimate with one another, Weber pulled out a knife, according to Katehis and he grabbed it out  of his hand in order to defend himself which is when he stabbed Weber once.  John Katehis ran out of the home and quickly got on a train which is when police noticed he was bleeding.  The 16-year-old said he was on his way to the hospital, but later on the same day, Weber was found laying dead and autopsy's show that he was stabbed 50 times.  All drug tests were negative and Katehis was arrested and charged with second degree murder and tried as an adult. His final sentence was 25 years to life in prison.
http://listverse.com/2014/10/29/10-heinous-murders-committed-by-minors/

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John Katehis, a 16-year-old, posted one advertisement on Craigslist in order to receive money in exchange for sex in which he lured in George Weber, a 47-year-old ABC

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10 yr old Tristen Kurilla is the youngest American to face a criminal homicide conviction. On October 11, 2014 Tristen Kurilla went to his his grandfather in Damascus when around 10am he went into the victim; 90 yr old Helen Novaks bedroom. Novak then became upset and yelled at the 11 yr old who then became enraged. The boy then proceeded to grab her cane and hook her neck pulling her back onto the bed where he held the cane over her neck and repeatedly hit her. The official cause of Helen Novak's death is blunt force trauma. The 11 yr old has been charged as an adult for criminal homicide an aggravated assault pending bail. At the time of the arrest Tristen told police that he had "killed that lady" but that he "was only trying o hurt her." Prior to this incident Tristen has had some mental issues that were describe by his mother. Tristen is now being held in isolation away from the general jail population.

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Tristen Kurilla, 10, charged as an adult in the beating death of 90-year-old Helen Novak

Kurilla's grandfather, Anthony Virbitsky, 69, has been caring for the woman at his home in Damascus Township, Pennsylvania

Tristen told police he got mad at Novak for throwing him out of her room

The child reportedly admitted to pulling the victim with the cane and then punching her five times in the throat and stomach

The 10-year-old's mother told police has has mental issues

A 10-year-old boy from Pennsylvania has been charged as an adult in the beating death of a 90-year-old woman who was in the care of his grandfather.

Prosecutors in Wayne County said the boy, Tristen Kurilla, was visiting his grandfather, Anthony Virbitsky, in Tyler Hill Saturday, when county emergency responders got a call reporting the death of an elderly woman who has been in his care, Helen Novak.

District Attorney Janine Edwards said in a statement that Kurilla's mother, Martha Virbitsky, brought him in to the state police barracks at Honesdale the same afternoon and reported that her son had told her that he had gone into the woman's room and she yelled at him.

Tristen told his mother 'he got mad, lost his temper and grabbed a cane and put it around Novak's throat,' police said.

Advised of his rights and interviewed by a trooper, he said he 'pulled Novak down on the bed and held the cane on her throat and then punched her numerous times,' authorities said.

State police said the 10-year-old told them that he went to his grandfather and told him that the woman was 'bleeding from her mouth' but denied he had harmed her, but later told him that he had punched the woman and put a cane around her neck.

Police said an autopsy performed Monday at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale indicated blunt force trauma to the victim's neck, and the death was ruled a homicide.

Dr. Gary Ross also said the boy's account to police 'was consistent with the injuries he observed.'

Tristen was charged as an adult with criminal homicide and aggravated assault, with the prosecutor's office noting that the crime of homicide 'is specifically excluded from the juvenile act' and therefore 'a juvenile who commits the crime of homicide is charged as an adult.'

Tristen Kurilla was visiting his grandfather at his home in the 340 block of Sky Lake Road in Damascus Township when at around 10am Saturday he entered the room of Helen Novak to ask her a question, police stated.

According to the child, the elderly woman yelled at him and ordered him to leave, reported The Times-Tribune.

The 10-year-old became upset at the woman's reaction, grabbed a wooden cane, came up behind her and hooked it around her neck, using the staff to pull her backwards unto the bed, police said.

Anthony Virbitsky, 69, Tristen's grandfather who has been looking after Ms Novak, went into her room at around 10.30am and found her breathing heavy and looking terrified.

About 30 minutes later, the caretaker checked up on her again and found the 90-year-old unresponsive.

When interviewed by police Saturday, Tristen Kurilla reportedly told a trooper: 'I killed that lady.'

The 10-year-old boy reportedly described how he pushed the cane into Novak's throat for several seconds and then punched her five times in the throat and the stomach.

'I was only trying to hurt her,' Kurilla allegedly told detectives.

According to court documents cited by WFMZ, the boy's mother, Martha Virbitsky, told police she 'has had a lot of trouble with Tristen and that he has had some mental difficulties.'

Kurilla is being held without bail pending an October 22 preliminary hearing.

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Boy, 10, charged as adult in beating death of woman, 90

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Tristen Kurilla, 10, charged as an adult in the beating death of 90-year-old Helen Novak Kurilla's grandfather, Anthony Virbitsky, 69, has been caring for the woman at his home in Damascus Township, Pennsylvania Tristen told police he got mad at Novak for throwing him out of her room The child

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http://www.news-bulletin.com/news/brandon-villalobos-found-competent-to-stand-trial-for-murder-of/article_41f14fd2-60d9-11e7-a404-338f6e3a863e.html

On February 17, 2014, Brandon Villalobos (15) was accused of killing his friend, Alex Madrid (12). Madrid was found underneath a mattress in Meadow Lake field in February 2014. They were out vandalizing mobile homes. Madrid attempted to stab Villalobos with a screwdriver after they argued and Villalobos defended himself which resulted in the death of Madrid. Villalobos has a intellectual disability where his reasoning capacity is very low and his verbal skills are very limited. In 2013, the court decided that Villalobos was not competent to stand trial and was sent to the state Behavioral Health Institute in Las Vegas. This was an attempt for him to become competent to stand trial. During his time, at the Behavioral Health Institute, Villalobos started to show the ability to learn and retain information. Mid 2017 after a 3 hour testimony, a district court judge ruled that Brandon Villalobos is competent to stand trial.

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**** TRIGGER WARNING*****
mentions of sodomization
At age 13, Eric Smith was riding his bike home from summer camp when he spotted 4 year old Derrick Robie at the local park and convinced him to go into the woods with him, in which Eric then strangled him, dropped a large rock on the boy’s head, undressed his body, and sodomized him with a tree limb. Around 11:00 a.m., Robie's mother, Doreen, went to the park to pick up her son, only to find that Robie had not arrived. After four hours of investigation, Robie's body was found The murder case made national headlines, largely due to the age of Eric Smith.
Smith has been denied parole eight times since 2002, most recently in April 2016. He will next be eligible for parole in 2018. After the failed 2012 hearing, the parole board cited a concern for public safety in its decision, and Robie's parents opposed his release. At that hearing, he told a parole board he would not return to Savona if released, and instead would go to a shelter or halfway house.Smith was held in a juvenile facility for three years and was then transferred to an open prison for young adults. In 2001, he was transferred to the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, a maximum security prison. As of May 3, 2016, the NYS Department of Corrections website shows him incarcerated at Collins Correctional Facility a medium security prison for male inmates in Erie County, New York.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-did-eric-kill-10-12-2004/

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At age 14, Joshua Phillips took a bat and continuously landed blows to his 8-year-old neighbor Maddie Clifton's skull. He proceeded to store her body underneath his water bed with nothing on from the waist down but a pair of socks. After hearing sounds of distress coming from Miss Clifton, Phillips advanced on to pull her from under his bed and silence her once and for all with a knife. Before and after the killing of Maddie Clifton, Joshua Phillips was reported to have been watching pornography. Maddie wasn't found until several days later where Phillips' mother was unfortunate enough to discover the horrible fate that became of Clifton's body under son's bed. Joshua was the sent to prison for the murder of Maddie Clifton. Possible reasons for Joshua's crime was constant emotional and verbal abuse from his father and the lack of his mother who suffered from depression as she isolated herself from the world and from her son. Today Joshua Phillips is 33 years old and is still in prison with the hopes of getting out soon due to a law mandated court hearing where on the other hand he still could be facing life without the possibility of parole.

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It was a case that gripped a community, tearing at the heart strings of strangers who so desperately wanted 8-year-old Maddie Clifton to be alive. A week after the little girl vanished from her Jacksonville home, Maddie's body was found entombed under the water bed of her neighbor and playmate Joshua Phillips.

In 1998 Phillips beat Maddie with a baseball bat and stabbed her repeatedly in an attempt to get her to stop crying after she was hit with a ball. He was 14 years old and was sentenced to spend the rest of his natural life behind bars.

In June, Phillips will get a shot at a shortened sentence because of a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision that said it was unconstitutional to mandate that juveniles be sentenced to life without the opportunity for parole.

Phillips was convicted as an adult and sentenced in 1999. In his re-sentencing, he still could face a lifetime behind bars.

The sentencing re-hearing is expected to take at least three days. A start date of June 19 has been set. This will be at least the third of some 60 cases in the 4th Judicial Circuit - Duval, Nassau and Clay counties - that will go under review in the upcoming years. Nationwide there are some 2,500 juvenile life-without-parole cases. In Florida there are about 550 inmates sentenced to life for homicides they committed while they were juveniles.

Public Defender Charlie Cofer said his office has asked the state to fund two additional attorney positions as well as two mitigation specialists. He said some of the re-sentencing cases are expected to be labor-intensive. One complex case that will be finalized March 27 cost the office about $160,000. Cofer said the bulk of the expenses and work was done before he took office in January. Cofer said he hopes that many of the 60 cases can be resolved without having to go to a contested hearing.

The bare minimum that Phillips, who turns 33 Friday, faces is 40 years.

To remedy the highest court's decision about blanket life sentences for all juveniles convicted of first-degree murder, the Florida Legislature in 2014 set a minimum mandatory sentence of 40 years - with a review of the sentence at 25 years. That law, however is being challenged, Phillips' attorney Tom Fallis said.

In 2008 during an exclusive interview with the Times-Union, Phillips said he had a sense that he would be getting out of prison one day.

"I really don't know if I deserve it or not," he said. "But I know I want ... a second chance. Maybe I deserve to die in prison."

Next year marks the 20th anniversary of Maddie's death.

"It's a tragedy," Fallis said. "This whole thing is a tragedy of the highest degree. I cannot even fathom how the victim's family feels about this.

Sentencing Phillips to essentially a death sentence - life without the possibility of parole - said Fallis, is "barbaric."

Eileen Kelley: (904) 359-4104

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Joshua Phillips due for new sentencing hearing in June for Maddie Clifton case

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It was a case that gripped a community, tearing at the heart strings of strangers who so desperately wanted 8-year-old Maddie Clifton to be alive. A week after the little girl vanished from her Jacksonville home, Maddie's body was found entombed under the water bed of her neighbor and playmate Joshua Phillips.

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/10/pennsylvania.young.murder.defendant/index.html
11 year old jorden brown was charged for the murder of his soon to be, eight and a half pregnant step mother kenzie houk. it came to a shock for many people between the families and the country because he is the youngest suspect to be charged with a homicide.  there is a big issue with jorden being tried in juvenile or adult court. the browns cant believe this. many family and friends are explaining that jordon brown was such a happy normal kid. he never had any suspension of violence. the families that were once coming together grew so much apart. the houks family grieves the loss of their love one and the browns still remain with their innocence. after his arrest he was sent to an adult prison but soon transferred to a juvenile detention center. he is being charged with life with out the possibility of parole