Number	25232
Subject	Criminal Justice System
Source	New England Center for Investigative Reporting
State	MA
Year	2011
Publication Date	12/27/11; 12/29/11; 12/31/11
Summary	Fifteen years after the Massachusetts Legislature passed one of the harshest juvenile murder sentencing laws in the country, a New England Center for Investigative Reporting (NECIR) investigation revealed, for the first time, serious disparities in the way juvenile killers have been punished under the law. The article investigates 60 juvenile murder cases in Massachusetts.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	12
Keywords	juvenile; crime; massachusetts; court; legal system; sentence; parole
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