New Hampshire
Judge moves to slash $38 million verdict in New Hampshire youth center abuse case
The judge in a landmark trial over abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center has issued a preliminary order reducing the verdict to $475,000.
Meehan’s allegations of horrific sexual and physical abuse at the Youth Development Center in 1990s led to a broad criminal investigation resulting in multiple arrests. His civil lawsuit seeking to hold the state accountable was the first of more tha... [2534 chars]