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Video-Beating Teens Could Face Life

Posted Apr 11, 08 11:41 AM CDT in Technology,  Crime & Courts,  US 

(Newser) – The eight Florida teens who videotaped a half-hour beating of a classmate will be tried as adults and could face life behind bars if convicted, CNN reports. The suspects face felony kidnapping charges, and three also face witness tampering raps. They seemed remorseless, a sheriff said. “They were joking: ‘I guess we won’t get to go to the beach during spring break,'" he said.

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