NBC-TV's Outlook, narrated by Commentator Chet Huntley, turned national attention this week on a shocking case of juvenile crime and punishment. The crime: the wanton beating to death of a 17-year-old Negro youth by a pack of 15 Chicago youths, aged 15 to 20, who capriciously set out one night last month to "get ourselves a nigger." The punishment demanded by State's Attorney Ben Adamowski of Illinois' Cook County: death in the electric chair for all 15. Soberly and quietly, Prosecutor Adamowski told Outlook: "I shudder as a father, but I've got to...
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