Our youngest killers

By Sarah Favot, Kirsten Berg and Jenna Ebersole

Massachusetts teens sentenced to life without parole reveal inequities in '96 law

Excerpts from this story referencing "Department of Youth Services":

"… — and the judge pronounced him “salvageable,” sentencing him to the Department of Youth Services until he turns 21. After that, he’ll have to serve five years’ probati …"

Teen killers get inconsistent sentences

By Maggie Mulvihill, Sarah Favot and Kirsten Berg

U.S. Supreme Court will revisit sentencing children 14-years and younger to life in prison without parole

Excerpts from this story referencing "Department of Youth Services":

"… nd the trial judge pronounced him “salvageable,” sentencing him to the Department of Youth Services until he turns 21. After that, he'll have to serve five years' probation a …"

A judge, a teenage killer and a mother who forgives

By Maggie Mulvihill

Lawyers argue judges should stop teen killers from receiving harshest sentences — life in jail, without parole

Excerpts from this story referencing "Department of Youth Services":

"… he harshest sentence he could get for murder was a commitment to the state Department of Youth Services until he was 21.   In 1996, a high point in Boston’s juvenile …"