Imprisonment, whipping, forced transportation, and even death were some of the punishments that courts sentenced children to in the eighteenth century.Witness how justice was administered at a time when criminal laws and sentencing guidelines made few or no exceptions for children.
Broadcast premiere March 11, 2010
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