The appeal of establishing one’s own “following”, a way to make a quick buck and “inspiration” from reel and real-life gangsters have led to a splurge in the number of heinous crimes being committed by minors over the recent past, police officers aware of the matter said. IPS officer Joy N Tirkey, a former deputy commissioner of police, who studied …
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a life term in prison without parole for a defendant who was 15 when he fatally stabbed his grandfather in Mississippi, ruling that a sentencing judge need not decide that the young person was “permanently incorrigible.” The 6-3 decision retreats somewhat from a pair of earlier rulings, which said that such life sentences for …
A counselor at Wayfinder Family Services in South Los Angeles was beaten to death at the facility over the weekend. A counselor was beaten to death at a South Los Angeles children and family services facility, and six youths have been arrested in connection with the attack, authorities said. David Mcknight-Hillman, a 25-year-old youth counselor at Wayfinder Family Services, was …
A man was arrested for allegedly selling Avil injections to juveniles and drug addicts in south Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur, police said on Wednesday. The police said the accused had been selling drugs for six years outside the Bapu Park in Kotla Mubarakpur. The officers nabbed the accused and seized 46 Avil injections and eight Addnok tablets from him," a senior …