Victim: Tara Sue Huffman, five
Death: May 1, 1981
Tara was five years old when she was murdered by a 13-year-old. The killer was later paroled and went on to murder another child, 10-year-old Christopher Meyer.
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Best Book To Help Murder Victims Family Members
What To Do When The Police Leave: A Guide to the First Days of Traumatic Loss
Adult Time for Adult Crimes
Excellent Legal Analysis and Report on Juvenile Life Sentences by Cully Stimson
Key Legal Principle for Us: “Malitia Supplet Tetatem” – Can Malice Supply the Want of Years?
Professor Craig Lerner, author of "Can Malice Supply the Want of Years?", an important legal analysis of the issue of juvenile offender sentencing.
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