Kansas Charley : the Boy Murderer

Most Americans regard?kids who kill" as a modern phenomenon, but the tragic tale of?Kansas Charley" shows that violent boys are a long-standing problem. Charles Miller was a seventeen-year-old orphan who was hanged in Wyoming in 1892 for a horrific double murder committed when he was only fifteen. This true story takes us into a world of poverty and abuse, revealing the people and places that shaped Charley's behavior, his crime and his punishment. The author brings to life a thought-provoking chapter in the history of the juvenile justice system.
Abstract: Most Americans regard?kids who kill" as a modern phenomenon, but the tragic tale of?Kansas Charley" shows that violent boys are a long-standing problem. Charles Miller was a seventeen-year-old orphan who was hanged in Wyoming in 1892 for a horrific double murder committed when he was only fifteen. This true story takes us into a world of poverty and abuse, revealing the people and places that shaped Charley's behavior, his crime and his punishment. The author brings to life a thought-provoking chapter in the history of the juvenile justice system