Oct 12 2008 - San Francisco Chronicle
North Kingstown, R.I. –– Ann Burke saw signs of trouble with her daughter's boyfriend
He would incessantly call her at night, keep her from her family, and, ultimately, physically abuse her during a tumultuous relationship that ended with her death three years ago.
Oct 28 2008 - San Francisco Chronicle
Towson, Md. –– An honor student and former Boy Scout pleaded guilty Monday to fatally shooting his sleeping family, then going back to a friend's house to play video games.
Oct 06 2008 - Washington Times
Beginning with this school year, a new law called the Lindsay Ann Burke Act requires all public middle and high schools in Rhode Island to teach students about dating violence in their health classes.
Aug 22 2008 - Washington Times
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) | A student fatally shot a 15–year–old classmate during a dispute Thursday at a Knoxville high school, police said, as other teenagers watched in horror as the victim clutched his chest and fell to the floor.
Jul 26 2008 - Washington Times
PORT CARBON, Pa. (AP) | Three white teens were charged Friday in what officials said was an epithet–filled fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant in a small northeast Pennsylvania coal town.
Jun 24 2008 - Washington Times
GLOUCESTER, Mass. | The city's mayor said Monday that there is no evidence a group of young girls made a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together, seeking to dispel an explosive theory put forth by the high school principal.
Jun 04 2008 - San Francisco Chronicle
Indiana teenager accused of plotting a school attack wanted "instant recognition" for shooting a record number of victims and wrote that he wouldn't feel sorry about it, documents show.
May 30 2008 - Mercury News
FORT WORTH, Texas—Three teenagers accused of forcing girls as young as 12 into prostitution have reached plea agreements and been sentenced to a juvenile detention center.
Apr 22 2008 - San Francisco Chronicle
Straight–A student was taken to hospital last week after smashing head into wall
Jun 27 2007 - San Francisco Chronicle
One homicide doesn't justify lock 'em up policy
Patrick Mattimore
Joseph Stalin said: "A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." Regrettably, we react dramatically to the tragedies and often ignore the relative infrequency with which those events occur. We had just such a tragedy in San Francisco this past week when a juvenile released on home detention awaiting hearing was implicated in a homicide. Now the finger–pointing has begun with police suggesting that the court and probation department are too lenient with youthful offenders and the District Attorney's Office commenting that the juvenile was released over their objections.
Jun 27 2007 - San Francisco Chronicle
by Papering over crime
Guy Smith
From time to time, the intersection of violence, politics and surrealism is paved in newsprint.
This week saw two news items appear on the same day and in the same newspaper, painfully showing how detached from reality San Francisco City Hall has become. The front page told the tale of Orlando Ware, a young and habitual criminal, who gunned down a teenage drug dealer from whom he had moments before stolen dope.
Feb 05 2007 - San Francisco Chronicle
by Louis Freedberg
CALIFORNIA IS ignoring the essence of childhood in the way it punishes children who commit terrible crimes.
Consider these two cases.
After a Pony League baseball game in the spring of 2005 in Palmdale (Los Angeles County), Greg Harris, the 13–year–old losing pitcher, was teased and taunted by Jeremy Rourke, the 15–year–old brother of another player. The 85–pound pitcher reached into his bag for his bat, and swung it once at Jeremy's knee and once at his head, killing him.
For that crime, Greg received a prison sentence of 12 years.
Jan 04 2007 - San Francisco Chronicle
by William Yardley
A student shot and killed another student at a public high school here on Wednesday, and a suspect was arrested a few hours later while walking down a nearby street, the police said. The shooting happened just before 7:...
Nov 25 2004 - Seattle Times
A student carrying a machete and a knife slashed five classmates yesterday morning as they watched a Spanish–class video, authorities said. Eight Valparaiso High School students...
