40 years ago, the US started sending more and more kids to prison without hope of release, but today, it's far more rare – what happened?

Panic over supposed 'super-predator' teens ended years ago, but its consequences did not. jabejon/iStock via Getty Images PlusA South Carolina judge heard arguments in late May 2023 to reconsider the sentence for Jesse Osborne, who carried out a school shooting in 2016. Fourteen years old at the time, Osborne killed his father, then opened fire at Townsville Elementary School, killing a 6-year-old child and injuring others. He was sentenced to life without parole, but his attorneys have asked th

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