Teens to Be Tried as Adults in Alleged Rape
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Three Carson High School students were ordered Tuesday to stand trial as adults on charges of raping a UCLA student in her dorm room.
Authorities allege that Chuwan Anthony and Deshawn Stringer, both 17, and Jamar Dawson, 16, broke away from a campus tour group on Dec. 5. One teacher was assigned to supervise the 56 high school students on the field trip, according to Los Angeles Unified officials.
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