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    A 12-year-old boy named Jordan Brown was charged with murdering his soon-to-be stepmother in Pennsylvania in 2009. He faces life in prison for shooting Kenzie Houk, who was 8 months pregnant, with a shotgun while she slept. Jordan displayed no previous behavioral issues and engaged in normal activities for a boy his age. However, due to the pregnancy and two deaths, he faces adult charges of homicide despite being a juvenile.

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    A 12-year-old boy named Jordan Brown was charged with murdering his soon-to-be stepmother in Pennsylvania in 2009. He faces life in prison for shooting Kenzie Houk, who was 8 months pregnant, with a shotgun while she slept. Jordan displayed no previous behavioral issues and engaged in normal activities for a boy his age. However, due to the pregnancy and two deaths, he faces adult charges of homicide despite being a juvenile.

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    A 12-year-old boy named Jordan Brown was charged with murdering his soon-to-be stepmother in Pennsylvania in 2009. He faces life in prison for shooting Kenzie Houk, who was 8 months pregnant, with a shotgun while she slept. Jordan displayed no previous behavioral issues and engaged in normal activities for a boy his age. However, due to the pregnancy and two deaths, he faces adult charges of homicide despite being a juvenile.

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    A 12-year-old boy named Jordan Brown was charged with murdering his soon-to-be stepmother in Pennsylvania in 2009. He faces life in prison for shooting Kenzie Houk, who was 8 months pregnant, with a shotgun while she slept. Jordan displayed no previous behavioral issues and engaged in normal activities for a boy his age. However, due to the pregnancy and two deaths, he faces adult charges of homicide despite being a juvenile.

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    Boy 12, faces grown up murder charges

    By: Madison N, Kekoa H, Tyler Y, and Matthew B

    Summary
    February 2009, Pennsylvania, A 12 year old boy named Jordan Brown was
    charged for murdering his soon to be stepmother in bed with a shotgun. He faces
    a life in prison charged with a slim chance to none for parole. Jordan was
    considered a normal boy, his hobbies consisted of reading, riding bikes, and
    football. It was hard to believe such a kid could commit a serious crime such as
    murder. Kenzie Houk, the victim, was 8 months into pregnancy when this
    happened. Due to his fathers fiancees pregnancy, he was charged for two
    accounts of homicide, not just one. He is now a juvenile facing Major charges.

    First Claim, Fact


    12 Year old Jordan Brown is charged for murder against
    Kenzie Houk and her unborn son.

    Example 1
    .Kenzie Houk in her bed with a bullet through her head. the search for her killer ended
    with the most surprising murder suspect residents of Wampum, Pennsylvania, had ever
    seen-11-year-old Jordan Brown, the son of the victims fiance. (Chen, pgh 1-2)
    Evidence/Elaboration: Personal/Anecdotal Experience / Provide an anecdote
    Rhetorical Devices Used: This quote contained the rhetorical device pathos which helped
    the effectiveness of the article by explaining the tragic, devastating deaths of the victims in
    a way where the audience would react to.

    Example 2
    Prosecutors also allege that there is strong physical evidence linking Jordan to
    the crime. Police found gunshot residue on Jordans shirt. A state trooper testified
    that the gun smelled like it had been freshly fired. (Chen, pgh 37)
    Evidence/Elaboration: Expert Testimony / Provide data or expert opinions; Offer
    evidence with one of the five senses
    Rhetorical Devices Used: This quote used the rhetorical device logos which
    helped the effectiveness by including facts and evidence for the audience to refer
    to so that they will be fully informed on the case.

    Second Claim, Action


    Family wants him to be trialed as an adult in court.

    Example 1
    In almost half the states across the country, children can be prosecuted and tried
    in adult court, according to the University of Texas' Lyndon B. Johnson School of
    Public Affairs. Many of the laws passed were passed during a time when juvenile
    crime spiked in the 1980s and 1990s. (Chen, pgh 11).
    Evidence/Elaboration: Statistics / Provide statistics, facts or data; Names names;
    Rhetorical Devices Used: The rhetorical devices used was logos and this helped
    the effectiveness in the article by explaining how children can be prosecuted as
    an adult, so the victim's family are allowed to want Jordan to be trialed as an
    adult because he had taken two lives.

    Example 2
    In Pennsylvania, there is no lower limit for the age someone can be charged as
    an adult with criminal homicide. If convicted, Jordan, now 12, faces life in prison
    without the possibility of parole. (Chen, 5)
    Evidence/Elaboration: Factual Example / Provide data and facts
    Rhetorical Devices Used: The rhetorical device used for this quote is logos, which
    helped the effectiveness by educating the audience what Jordans consequences
    are if he is trialed as an adult.

    Discussion Questions
    Do you think the environment Jordan grew up in influenced him to commit
    the crime?
    What do you think are some factors that could have influenced Jordan to
    even think about murdering his soon to be step-mom?
    Do you think Jordans punishments were fair? Why/why not?
    Do you think there was enough evidence to accuse Jordan of this crime?

    Thank you for listening(:

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