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January 17, 2014

Teens Get Month-Long Sentences for Sexually Assaulting Girl Days Before She Killed Herself 
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In California, three teenagers who sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl
who later took her own life have been sentenced to up to 45 days in a
juvenile prison. The teens have admitted to sexually assaulting Audrie
Pott and then circulating pictures they had taken of her while she was
passed out. The pictures featured mocking words they had written on
Pott's body. Pott hanged herself eight days later. Two of the
perpetrators have already finished serving their 30-day sentences.

 

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