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A.M. v. BUTLER

No. 02-2882.

360 F.3d 787 (2004)

A.M., a minor, Petitioner-Appellee. v. Jerry BUTLER, Superintendent of the Illinois Youth Center, Respondent-Appellant.

Judicial Council of the Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 2, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Drizin (Argued), Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Lisa A. Hoffman (Argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

In 1993, 83-year-old Anna Gilvis was savagely beaten and stabbed to death in her home. Eleven months later, Anthony Morgan,1 who was 10 years old at the time of the murder, was charged with the crime and adjudged a delinquent after a 2-day trial in the Cook County Court Juvenile Division. Given the paucity of options available under Illinois law for an 11-year-old offender, Morgan received a modest sentence...

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