A federal judge has declined — at least for now — to jail the 16-year-old accused of sexually assaulting and murdering his stepsister, Anna Kepner, aboard a Carnival Cruise Line ship in international waters. The Judge's ruling has sparked intense public backlash, legal debate, and renewed attention on how juvenile defendants are treated in violent federal criminal cases. The teenager, identified in court documents as “T.H.,” is charged as an adult with first-degree murder an
