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Juveniles Tried as Adults

NPR
Published February 13, 2001 at 10:00 PM MST

NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the case of 14-year-old Lionel Tate, who was sentenced to life in prison last month for the murder of a six-year-old playmate. Tate's conviction is the continuation of a trend in Florida, where many juvenile criminals are prosecuted as adults.

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