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Five New Jersey Men Arrested in Rape of Seven Year-Old

By Baker Associates

Five New Jersey men have been arrested in connection with the rape of a seven year-old, a situation that was discussed previously on our blog article for April 1, 2010. The men, whose ages are twenty, nineteen, seventeen, thirteen, and fourteen, are reportedly five of the seven men who participated in the rape of the little girl; the other two either have not been identified yet or the authorities are keeping quiet as to their identities. Each of the men was reportedly charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment, and prosecutors are seeking to try all of the offenders as adults. As discussed in the previous blog dealing with this topic, trying these offenders as adults poses a serious increase in punishment. With this increase in punishment comes the burden of considering whether or not trying these young men as adults is proper under the law...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on April 05, 2010 (boomark / email).