11.   Still, people inevitably try, especially when children commit such vicious crimes.

12.   The sponsor of the bill, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., said unborn children had committed no crime.

13.   When a child commits a crime, punish him.

14.   By law, police can intervene only if the child has committed a crime.

15.   In two of the stabbing incidents, parents were at the school meeting with administrators while their children were committing assault.

16.   Negligent parents would also be held liable when their children commit crimes with guns.

17.   It also said that every four hours a child commits suicide and every five hours another dies from abuse or neglect.

18.   A poll published by the Mainichi Shimbun at the weekend said another nine children had committed suicide since the highly-publicised case last year.

19.   A poll published by the Mainichi Shimbun over the weekend said another nine children had committed suicide since the highly-publicised case came to light.

20.   Every four hours, one child commits suicide, and every five hours, another dies from abuse or neglect.