Here is a time line a violent juvenile violence starting in 1996 in Moses Lake, Washington: where Barry Loukaitis, 14, walks into a junior high algebra class and opens fire with a hunting rifle, killing the teacher and two students and wounding one other. In October 1997, he was convicted of two counts of aggravated first-degree murder and sentenced to tow mandatory life terms without parole. October 1 1997 in pearl Mississippi 16-year-old Luke woodham stabs his mother to death, then goes to his high school and shoots nine students. Two die, including his ex-girlfriend, seven other are wounded. Six of his friends where accused of conspiracy woodham was convicted as an adult and is serving three life terms. December 1997 in West Paducah Kentucky three students are killed and five wounded while praying in a school hallway. 14-year-old student Michael Carneal is arrested and plead guilty but mentally ill. Carneal was sentenced Dec. 17 to live in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years. Jonesboro, Arkansas March 24 1998, four girls and a teacher are shot and 10 others wounded during a false fire alarm at a middle school. 13-year-old Mitchell Johnson and 11 year-old Andrew Golden killed four classmates and a revered teacher were found guilty of capitol murder. But because of a controversial juvenile sentencing law they ill be able to walk out of a state detention center when thy are 21 years old. May 21, 1998 in Springfield Oregon Kipland Kinkel, armed with three guns opens fire in a high school cafeteria and kills two students and wounds 19 others. His parents where found later dead at their house, he pleads guilty to four counts of murder and 26 counts of attempted murder. He could be sentenced to as little as 25 years in prison. And everyone knows about the shooting at Littleton, Colorado. But even with the number of multiple homicides in schools, overall school violence rates are declining according to the 1999 Annual Report on school Safety.
