When Kids Kill [gatehousenews.com]

Alicia Doktor 12/21/1812:00 PM

All in prison for years, if not decades. All for killings that happened in Duval County when they were still kids.

It's a problem with a high cost. Taxpayers spend more than $2.3 million a year to house, feed and care for them. Communities lose even more.

There was Jose Lau, a Chinese immigrant who was delivering food on the Westside when he was fatally shot. Grady Williamson was stabbed in the chest for the $3 he had on him. Timothy Robertson gave a light to a stranger and ended up dead. Michael Demps was taking a walk while on break from college when he was shot dead. And there was De'Juan Graham, gunned down after a basketball game at a city park. De'Juan was 15.

[For more on this story by TESSA DUVALL, go to http://gatehousenews.com/whenkidskill/]

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