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Steven Truscott Case

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The Crime: In early June of 1959 a young boy named Steven Truscott was accused and charged with the murder of his classmate. Lynne was found in a wooded area and had been sexually assaulted and then strangled to death. The police suspected him of the crime because he was last to have seen her alive. After his arrest Steven was then brought to trial and charged as an adult. The Trial: One piece of evidence that was used to convict Steven of the murder of Lynne, was the fact he was the last person to have seen her alive on June 9th. The legal issue that arose from this claim was that witnesses corroborated Steven’s story. Steven old police that the last time he saw Lynne alive was when he left her at the intersection of the County Road and

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