China Gives Boy Life for Murder
The Citizen|December 31, 2024
A Chinese court sentenced a teenage boy to life in prison yesterday for murdering his classmate, capping a case that sparked a national debate over the treatment of juvenile offenders.

Three suspects, all aged under 14 at the time of the murder, were accused in April of bullying a 13-year-old classmate surnamed Wang over a long period before killing him in an abandoned greenhouse.

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