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At least 1 teen in Confederate monument defacing to admit charges (Alabama)

A lawyer for one of three white teens accused of defacing a Confederate monument at the state Capitol says his client will admit to the vandalism, which he says was done as a statement against slavery.

The three males, who were all 17 at the time of the crime, are scheduled to go to trial in juvenile court on April 10. They were charged with first-degree criminal mischief and their names have not been released because of their age.
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