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A one-child crime wave.


By the time he was 14, a single boy in the English town of Elland had quite a rap sheet:

Arrest: 88

Crime convictions: 130

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Deven earns a living by teaching Hindi literature to disinterested college students.
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Jackie Smith For the British Home Secretary under Gordon Brown, see Jacqui Smith. Jackie Larue Smith (born February 23, 1940 in Columbia, Mississippi) is a former professional American football player in the NFL. He played tight end for the St.  runs a newsstand in Elland. The kid starting stealing from her when hew hew  
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 was seven. She offers her own solution: "He ought to be hung," she told a reporter in 1994. "I just want to get my hands around his neck and squeeze the life out of him," As a young offender A young offender is a person of either gender who has been convicted or cautioned for a criminal offence. Criminal justice systems often deal with young offenders differently from adult offenders, but different countries apply the term 'young offender' to different age groups , there's not much the law can do but pick him up and take him home.
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Title Annotation:boy goes on crime spree with little consequences
Publication:Canada and the World Backgrounder
Date:Dec 1, 1996
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