The number of teenagers convicted of murder has more than doubled in five years in England and Wales, according to government data exclusively obtained by Channel 4 News. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)

From 2016 to 2020, the number of teenagers convicted of murder jumped from 26 to 56 – with a peak of 66 in 2019, according to Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures released through a Freedom of Information request.
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