NBC Nightly News - 2000-01-13

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[0:01] to see for sure. NBC Nightly News with

[0:03] Tom Pro is coming up next and we'll be

[0:05] back here tonight at 6 with more local

[0:07] news.

[0:16] Crime and punishment. A judge spares one

[0:19] of America's youngest killers from a

[0:21] life in prison. Some are outraged. What

[0:24] should be done with America's young and

[0:26] violent? This stop and start winter.

[0:28] Finally, snow hits New England. What the

[0:31] late arrival may mean. In depth tonight,

[0:34] the real power players this election.

[0:37] Older voters part of the changing face

[0:40] of America.

[0:41] And a fleeing of America that might

[0:44] bring tears to your eyes. Why is the

[0:47] government spending your money to test

[0:49] onions?

[0:53] From NBC News World Headquarters in New

[0:56] York, this is NBC Nightly News with Tom

[0:59] Brothal.

[1:01] >> Good evening. It's a new century, but a

[1:04] controversial case from the closing days

[1:06] of the 20th century is getting a great

[1:08] deal of attention in Detroit and across

[1:10] the nation. Tonight, it is the

[1:12] conviction of a 13-year-old boy for

[1:14] murder and his sentence. He was tried as

[1:17] an adult and his prosecutors wanted him

[1:20] put away for life, but the judge had a

[1:22] much different take on what represents

[1:24] justice. Two reports tonight on this

[1:27] case and the big picture of juvenile

[1:29] violence. We begin with NBC's Dan Abrams

[1:32] in Detroit.

[1:34] For 13-year-old Nathaniel Abraham,

[1:36] today's sentence is a huge legal

[1:38] victory.

[1:39] >> Court orders that Nathaniel Abraham be

[1:41] placed within the juvenile justice

[1:42] system. the juvenile system. Abraham,

[1:45] who'd been convicted of seconddegree

[1:46] murder, faced up to life in an adult

[1:49] prison for shooting