bosket
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bosket
1730–40; earlier bosquet < French < Italian boschetto, equivalent to bosc ( o ) wood ( bush 1 ) + -etto -et
Example Sentences
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It began prosecuting young adolescents as adults under a draconian law passed in 1978, in the aftermath of the Willie Bosket case.
From New York Times
But the Raise the Age legislation didn’t roll back the so-called Willie Bosket Law, and end the practice of charging 13-, 14- and 15-year-olds as adults for serious violent felony charges.
From New York Times
In Episode 3, it provides historical perspective through the story of Willie Bosket, who, in 1978, at the age of fifteen, murdered two strangers on the subway and shot a third, terrifying much of New York City.
From The New Yorker
Bosket’s case led to the creation, that year, of New York’s Juvenile Offender Act, which allowed minors as young as thirteen to be tried as adults; the other forty-nine U.S. states followed suit.
From The New Yorker
Bosket was given the maximum juvenile sentence of five years, which lawmakers deemed far too lenient.
From Slate
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