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In "As If," author Blake Morrison serves as a courtroom observer at the 2014 trial of two 10‑year‑old boys accused of kidnapping and murdering a 2‑year‑old in the United Kingdom. Through detailed courtroom reportage, Morrison confronts the legal system’s treatment of child offenders, probing the limits of culpability, capacity for crime, and the unsettling blend of innocence and cruelty that characterises childhood. His narrative raises profound questions about how society and the law address juvenile homicide and the moral complexities of punishing young perpetrators.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: Crime Fiction/Criminal Underworld
Authors: Blake Morrison
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