juvenile
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Under long-standing legal principles, a juvenile who is sentenced to murder can ask for their minimum term to be reconsidered once they have served half of that time.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The passengers were taken into custody and to a juvenile hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
The post was condemned by the Master Chief voice actor Steve Downes in a now-deleted tweet which called for "the producers of this disgusting and juvenile war porn" to remove his voice from the video.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
“We were literally broadcasting seed oysters over the side of our boats,” McKeen said, referring to the way they would distribute juvenile oysters across the river bottom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Daddy left his computer laying around. Seems like he wanted to know all about his future juvenile delinquent superstar.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
Prof Evans said it fell from 14-16 million juveniles a year, to a little more than 200,000.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
"Orcas often tear apart prey and share it with other members of the group, including calves and juveniles," said Ayres.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
"Orcas often tear apart prey and share it with other members of the group, including calves and juveniles."
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Soon, he said, three pursuing New York State Police troopers emerged from the tree line and arrested seven juveniles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The most comprehensive studies of racial bias in the exercise of prosecutorial and judicial discretion involve the treatment of juveniles.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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