USA: Neues über die 13jährigen "Sexualverbrecher"

Die ABC-News berichten ausführlich über die Mittelstüfler, die ins Jugendgefängnis kommen könnten, weil sie Mädchen auf den Hintern gehauen haben. Ein Auszug:

The arrests, critics said, reflect a trend toward criminalizing adolescent sexual behavior. Between 1998 and 2002, juvenile arrests for sex offenses other than rape or prostitution rose 9 percent -- the only kind of juvenile arrests that rose during that time, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. "More and more, they are criminalizing normal adolescent or preadolescent behavior," said Chuck Aron, co-chairman of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers juvenile justice committee.