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Interesting review of the age of killers and those killed in Alabama

By Douglas A. Berman

This feature story from the Birmingham News, which is headlined "The killing years: Accused killers in the Birmingham area, and victims, often under age 25," provides an interesting review of the chronological dynamics surrounding those killed and those who are killers in one of Alabama's major urban regions. Here is how the piece starts: When people are murdered in Jefferson County, chances are the killer was a male under 25 using a gun. More than half of the accused killers in the county were 24 or younger, according to a Birmingham News analysis of homicides from 2006 through 2009. Nine times out of 10, the victims were shot to death. The percentage of homicides with defendants under age 25 who used guns in Jefferson County substantially exceeds the national average, statistics show...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 02, 2010 (boomark / email).