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News Tag: Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Juveniles languish in adult jails

At 17, Antowian Kelly was jailed on charges of robbery with an unloaded gun. The Hill District sophomore had no prior record but spent 17 months in Allegheny County Jail before a judge decided his case should be heard in juvenile court.

Just decision: A tormented teen defendant is treated wisely

There isn’t much to console the heart in the desperately sad case of 13-year-old Rachel Booth, an apparent victim of rape and physical abuse. She admitted to shooting her father to death as he lay sleeping in a squalid rental house in Elizabeth Township on July 30.

Jury clears Ohio man

When the jury returned its “not guilty” verdict yesterday in federal court, Greg Lowery stood up and began praising God.

Man convicted of triple slaying at city eatery

William Thompson was convicted yesterday of three counts of first-degree murder in the triple slaying in 2002 of an 8-year-old girl, her father and a suspected drug dealer.