[no audio] thanks again for coming! >> gathering don't always bring joy. >> just come for 20 minutes. >> for this h these 20 minutes, people sat and listened. >> i was 14 skip didn't tell -- and i didn't tell anybody for mont - any time in prison -- stories that did not end in tough sentences. >> i know a lot of people were ashamed of our judicial system for that. it's that same judicial system that 9 wants to know decided to investigate as we asked are there other cases that resulted in more lenient sentences for younger defendants? >> it's very common with a young man factor that you'd hear a defense attorney say, you cannot sentence this man to doc. you'll do more harm than good. >> reporter: we looked at 240 cases and found the younger the defendant is, the more likely that defendant is to receive a lighter sentence, something

>> we have to look at, does the punishment fit the crime irrospective of crime. >> reporter: let's look at class 3 offenses, the most serious. we look at those under 25 given prison sentences and then those with no specific end date and length of sentence for those sent to prison. let's see how that compares to defendants older than 25. nose how in all three categories, the >> young people can and do commit very horrific sex offenses. >> reporter: there is a dangerous myth, we're told, when it comes to those capable of, is assault. >> the myth that younger people can't or don't commit sex offenses and that's just not true. >> i think every case should be reviewed case by case. >> reporter: every case of sex assault is unique.

amongst a multitude of factors that can deck tate that. >> -- that can determine that. >> flirting is not consent. >> . >> sometimes you're confident -- [ crying ] >> there's another point to bring up here. one that chris heard a loss during this investigation. kind that earnestson got, that's not an easy process but nothing like surviving a sexual assault and then coming forth. many told chris they found it beneficial to speak out and be believed. want to take you live to laguardia airport in new york city. this is a live feed -- [no

[ audio garbled ] again, this is governor pence's plane among landing in new york city. slid off the runway. no injuries. clearly there will be a lot of media attention to this over the next couple of hours as they figure out what went wrong. what left could be said about the jonbene ramsey case since the last 20 years? hours and hours have rehashing, regurgitating old information about that case. tonight we're looking at something new, something different about the case that brings into doubt the dna that was -- [no audio] >> -- center of the investigation.

you should know why my face is about to show up in and add. >> that's the question i asked my kaufman in a recent debate. they are allowed to use news footage and in this case, e it prohibits nine news from -- the only way we could assure we would never end up in a candidate that is to never ask a pressing or interesting political question. that is one approach to covering politics but not ours. think back to the first election you remember. do you remember it being particularly nasty? an embarrassing free for all? we hear so much about the

whatever it is, kids are noticing which got our cheryl preheim thinking about politics on the playground. >> reporter: there's a song i keep thinking about as i go into the election, there are lines that say, careful the things you say, children will listen, children will look to you to learn what to be. i was driving home in the minivan from when my third-grader asked me a question from the backseat. he said, mom, is it true that if hillary clinton becomes president we are going to have school seven days per week? in that moment i realized playground politics is a thing. playground politics are very much like rona politics which have seemed so childish at times. children may not always understand or interpret it correctly but they are listening. there listening to the attention, the negativity, the vitriol. they repeat the things they

accurately, sometimes what they think they heard. i started asking other kids what they have heard on the playground. >> people say they are both bad, like, really mean. that she has robbed a bank. >> trump is a bully. >> she steals other people's money and robs houses. >> trump is a bully who does not like anyone who does not like him. >> she's going to let people into the country to hurt people. >> he says bad names. my mom doesn't let me do that. >> can a girl be president anyway? >> that's all i've heard. >> it's not about come by all, our political system was built on opposing views for a reason but i wish that our kids were learning about civil conversations, respectful competition, the idea that you can actually respect or like somebody even if you don't agree with them. based on playground politics, it seems like people are learning a lot more about name-

the point was punctuated when i drove back from carpool the next day and my first grader noticed a mean were spray- painted on a trumpet sign. she is 6. this is the first election she will remember. it's not the introduction to the political system that i envisioned for her or any child. careful the things we say, children are listening. for "next," cheryl preheim, 9news. the last time the codes were world champions, we were lining u the tickler. just what did 1908 look like in denver? steve steger files and other 02 awkwardness. >> should we pose like they did

let's start way at a no national conversation. the chicago cubs and the last time they won a world series, that 100 year drought has been described in a lot of ways but consider where denver was that year. cubs are champions of the world said that they " -- said that day's "denver post." 1908 in denver, the year the capital got goldleaf, the first year that democratic national

city. 100 years until denver won that again. take that, cubs fans, drought was only a century. 1908 in denver, lakeside had just opened, visitors could ride the tickler. it was the year the colorados governor's mansion was built, as a private house that would house governors until the 1960s. 1908 in denver the literal building blocks of our city are beginning to take shape. larimer and 14th, 17th and arapahoe, and looking northeast of larimer where 86 years later, a new ballpark would rise. and if the rockies matched the cubs' current feet of utility, 107 years, we can get ready for a rockies world series in the year 2100. i'm a believer, i think it will happen before that.

noticed the cloud cover downtown, clouds will be a factor in tomorrow's high temperature where we break another record. today's high of 83, way above the average of 61 and breaking a record that was set 50 years ago. unbelievable heat for this time of year and no signs that the current weather pattern is changing. with high pressure anchored over the area and the storm track well into the region, incoming storms like the one bringing beneficial rain in california will miss colorado, leaving us high and this october, warm and dry, no snow, the fifth warmest on record. no snow? that has happened 17 times since we have been taking records back in 1873. the average first snowfall is october 19 and we do not see that happening. will be monitoring the clouds, wind, and getting ready for a beautiful friday around here with summerlike temperatures in october but that mountain cloud might make for a spectacular sunrise tomorrow morning. the denver forecast for tonight, partly cloudy skies,

dutiful start to your day, temperatures above average, could break a record if we hit 82 and slightly cooler conditions expected saturday with a little rain and snow in the high country. halloween forecast looks amazing with temperatures in the low 60s when you step out and mid-60s when ghosts and goblins come back with their trees. here on "next," we are all about pointing you to solutions to life's problems. we believe everyone would have cool with each other, everyone said hello to strangers. we found just the place to do that today. >> reporter: the card can make for interesting conversation. take the art outside the broomfield public library. why on earth is there a shining running ostrich here? that's pretty cool. for what the heck is a -- who knows? but, this art is absolutely meant to spark conversation.

let's see if it lives up to its problems. >> first step, make eye contact. >> most people are on their phone, talking on their phone, maybe looking at emails. >> make eye contact. >> this seems to work. >> press the button. you want to press the button? i have no idea what that was. do you want to try to say that? >> reporter: make eye contact and seems simple enough. or do what roy does. >> maybe they are wearing a shirt i like or have on a hat. i say, i really like your shirt. where did you get that? >> i really like your hat, by the way. >> reporter: at a time when the world is so divided, maybe this is the answer. >> should repose like they do in the photo? an action post? >> one arm back. or you go, like that.

jane appreciated that we talked about a sexual abuser as a female rather than male, she says there is a difference. cheryl preheim's playground story , wow, everyone he's to see that. you can share it on your facebook page. until next time, don't be a

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