10. Brian And David Freeman / Nelson Byrdwell
Bryan Freeman, 17, and David, 16, who had shaved and
tattooed their heads as a symbol of their neo-Nazi beliefs,
were immediate suspects when their parents and younger
brother were found bludgeoned to death in their Salisbury
Township, PA, home. The boys had been terrorizing the
family and, as a whole, the town.

9. Edmund Kemper
In 1964, when Edmund Kemper was 15, he shot his
grandparents, killing them both. He had been planning his
repulsive act for some time and had no regrets later. The
California Youth Authority detained him in Juvenile Hall so
that they could put him through rigorous series of tests
administered by a psychiatrist. Because the results
suggested that he was a paranoid psychotic, he was sent to
Atascadero State Hospital for treatment. There he learned
what others thought about his crime and worked hard to
make his doctors believe that he had recovered.Although he was considered a sociopath, he worked in the
psychology lab to help administer the tests to others. In the
process, he learned a lot about other deviant offenders.
Kemper was released after another five years and remained
under the supervision of the Youth Authority. His doctors
recommended that he not be returned to his mother’s care,
but the Youth Authority ignored this. After Kemper murdered
and dismembered eight women over the next five years,
these same doctors affirmed his insanity defense. In fact,
even as he was carrying parts of his victims around, a panel
of psychiatrists judged him to be no threat to society.

8. Joshua Phillips
In 1998, 14-year-old Joshua Phillips bludgeoned his 8-year-
old neighbor to death and hid her body beneath his bed.
Seven days later, his mother noticed something leaking from
beneath the bed. Joshua claimed that’s he’d accidentally hit
Maddie in the eye with his baseball bat causing her to
scream.In his panic he dragged her to his home where he hit her again and then stabbed her eleven times. His story failed to
convince a Florida jury, who convicted him of first-degree
murder. His mother is still appealing his conviction based
upon the fact that he was given an adult penalty for his
crime.

7. Willie Bosket
Willie Bosket, born on December 9, 1962, is a convicted
murderer, whose crimes, committed while he was still a
minor, led to a change in New York state law, so that
juveniles as young as thirteen could be tried in adult court
for murder and would face the same penalties.On March 19, 1978, Willie Bosket, then fifteen years old,
shot dead Noel Perez on the New York subway, during an
attempt to steal some money and a watch. Eight days later,
Bosket shot another man, Moises Perez (no relation to his
first victim) in another botched robbery attempt. Bosket was
tried and convicted of the murders in the New York City
Family court, where he was sentenced to five years in prison
(the maximum for a minor).The short length of Bosket’s sentence caused a public
outcry, and led the New York State Legislature to pass the
Juvenile Offender Act of 1978. Under this act, children as
young as thirteen years old could be tried in an adult court
for crimes such as murder, and receive the same penalties
as adults. New York was the first state to enact a law of this
nature; many other legislatures have since followed suit.
Bosket was eventually released from prison, but has
subsequently been convicted of a number of other felonies,
for which he has received a number of life sentences. He is
currently in the New York prison system, in solitary
confinement.

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