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May 18, 2013

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Court hearing for youths charged in kittens’ deaths delayed

A hearing in Clark County Family Court for two 11-year-olds accused of causing the death of six newborn kittens last month was delayed Tuesday. Michael Watson, a prosecutor in the Clark County District Attorney’s Office, said results of psychological examinations on the youths had just been completed, prompting the delay. The two youths now are due back in Family Court at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 4, when they are expected to enter their plea, Watson said. The case dates to Oct. 9 when witnesses were alerted to what sounded like glass shattering around the 9600 block of Russell Road. Initially, according ...

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  1. Those kids will not get any compassion from me, a clear message of lack of quality Parental upbringing, they deserve to be stoned to death, to bad it wont be allowed, they need to get the living crap beat out of them.

  2. 11 years old and already 7 felonies on the juvenile record. This one defies logic on every level. There has to be some issue at home ith upbringing.

    Can't get the idea of this poor cat trying to give birth to her kittens out of my head. As someone who doesn't have a violent bone in his body, I'd fear what I might be capable of if I came upon this scene.

  3. This is an obvious sign of these kids being psychopaths. Lock them up and throw away the key. They gave no sympathy to a poor defenseless animal they deserve the same treatment.

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