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Oral argument recap: Justices hear the case for and against prosecuting a child as an adult

Justices of the Iowa Supreme Court grappled in an oral argument Tuesday with the question of prosecuting a 13-year-old as an adult under Iowa’s youthful offender statute. Noah Crooks, who was convicted of killing his mother when he was 13, was waived by a Mitchell...

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Oral argument recap: Justices hear the case for and against prosecuting a child as an adult

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