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Robert talks with Rose Friedman, a 14-year old from New York City, who tells us what teenagers there are saying these days. Lots of new terms are in everyday use there; parents and friends not in the know might completely misunderstand a sentence like: "The concert is going to be butters, mad dope."

- In the Hague, the international war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has sentenced a low-ranking soldier to 10 years in jail for his role in the massacre of 1,200 people and finished the trial of another defendent. Gillian Sharpe reports the second trial is far more complex, with questions of guilt and innocence clouded by emotional testimony and circumstantial evidence.

NPR's MaryKay Magistad reports that the mother of Chinese dissident Wang Dan, a leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests, says he will stand trial next week on charges of trying to overthrow the government. Wang is 26 years old and faces a minimum 10-year prison sentence if convicted.

Commentator Ruben Navarrette says he and his father, a veteran police officer, support the death penalty for the same reasons they support an Illinois decision to commute the sentences of death row inmates: so that the innocent have nothing to fear.

The trial of former Ku Klux Klansman Thomas Blanton Jr. is over. The man was convicted of bombing the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports on the trial and sentencing in this highly publicized case.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Lima on the trial of Lori Berenson, a New York woman accused of collaborating with a Peruvian guerilla organization. Five years ago, Berenson was sentenced to life in prison by a military court, but she's now being re-tried by civilian judges.

Following a lengthy debate on science and life, the House passes a ban on all human cloning. The measure covers clones created for medical research, and envisions stiff fines and prison sentences for violators. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

Former priest Paul Shanley was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison for child rape on Tuesday. Monica Brady-Myerov from member station WBUR in Boston reports on whether the correctional system is able to protect pedophile priests from abuse.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports from London on problems within the British justice system. Most recently, three men sentenced to life in prison for murder were released after 18-years. Their case along with several others are raising questions about why so many important cases have been over-turned.

NPR's Kathy Lohr reports that the judge in the trial of Timothy McVeigh has reversed himself and ruled that victims of the Oklahoma City bombing who testify at any sentencing hearing may also view the trial. In his ruling today, Judge Richard Matsch cited the victims' rights law passed by Congress last week.