A Stand Against Child Imprisonment.Pontiac, Michigan Pontiac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 66,337. It is the county seat of Oakland County6. On November 12, protesters gathered outside the courthouse where thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Abraham Nathaniel Jamal Abraham (born January 19th 1986) is one of the youngest people in the United States of America to be tried for murder (he was 11 when the shooting took place, and 13 at the time of conviction). Abraham was found guilty of shooting and killing Ronnie Greene, Jr. was being tried for a killing he allegedly committed when he was eleven. He was later found to be guilty of second degree murder. His sentence makes him the youngest U.S. citizen ever convicted of murder as an adult. For more information, contact the ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union. of Michigan Michigan (mĭsh`ĭgən), upper midwestern state of the United States. It consists of two peninsulas thrusting into the Great Lakes and has borders with Ohio and Indiana (S), Wisconsin (W), and the Canadian province of Ontario (N,E). , 1249 Washington Blvd., Ste. 2910, Detroit, MI 48226, or call (313) 961-4662, or check out the web site at www.aclumich.org. |
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