THE 12-YEAR-OLD WHO GRINNED AT THE JUDGE EXPECTED TO BE LET GO — BUT THE VERDICT SHE ANNOUNCED CHANGED EVERYTHING. The courtroom murmured with uneasy whispers as Liam Carter lounged back in his seat, that trademark smirk still plastered across his face. He looked less like a b0y on tr!;al and more like one waiting for a school bell to ring. Behind him, his mother sat trembling, eyes red and raw, her hands twisting a damp tissue. Across the aisle, the prosecutor quietly stacked his files, his exp