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Four boys arrested for church fires Johnson County teens are charged with arson By Lee Mueller EASTERN KENTUCKY BUREAU PAINTSVILLE - State and federal authorities arrested four Johnson County high school students late Wednesday night and charged them with arson in connection with the burning of three churches in February and March. The students, all 17-year-old boys, appeared in Johnson County juvenile court yesterday and were taken by the sheriff's department to a juvenile detention center in Breathitt County. All were charged with second-degree arson in connection with the fires, and criminal mischief and third-degree burglary in connection with the...

By R. G. DUNLOP and JASON RILEY The Courier-Journal Sunday, October 12, 2003 Today's Stories • Flaws in Kentucky's court system can lead to injustice, tragedy • Getting away with murder in Pike • In Franklin County, even 'slam dunk' cases were dismissed • Charges mean little without prosecution • Even confessions don't guarantee convictions FRANKFORT, Ky. — Justice in Kentucky is dispensed unequally because of differences among judges and prosecutors and a lack of state oversight that has allowed thousands of felony cases to stall, to disappear or to be dismissed for lack of prosecution. As a result, defendants...