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For teens guilty of murder, penalties can vary widely

Review finds no pattern in young killers’ terms since Mass. law change

A review has found no pattern in the prison terms of young killers since the passage of a 1996 Mass. law that requires juvenile ‘‘super predators’’ to be tried in adult court.

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