... six youths sent to detention are younger then fifteen and 5.1 percent of youths arrested last year were charged with a violent offense." Two particular cases, the first in St. Lewis, one nine year old and two eleven year old boys were charged with the rape of an eight year old girl in an overgrown field. The second happened in September. Eight Tacoma youths, ranging from ages eleven ... to nineteen were arrested in the beating to death of a pedestrian. Two of them ages sixteen and nineteen will be tried as adults. Another brutal murder was committed ... time youths spend in detention o...

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