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China court hands teen life prison sentence for classmate's "particularly cruel" murder

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A Chinese court sentences a teenage boy to life in prison for murdering his classmate.

The case in north China 's Hebei sparked a national debate over the treatment of juvenile offenders.

Three suspects were accused in April of bullying a 13-year-old classmate before killing him in an abandoned greenhouse.

The grim details of the case drew public attention to how the law deals with juveniles accused of serious crimes.

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