14 DAY TRIAL // A 12-year-old boy stabbing his 8-year-old sister to death then concocting a story to cover up the crime could be tried as an adult, experts say.
As I wrote before, he told police that an intruder, who he saw and could describe in detail, stabbed Leila Fowler in their family home in Valley Springs.
News 10 quotes legal Analyst Bill Portanova as she weighs in on whether or not the unnamed murder suspect is facing a juvenile delinquent's sentence.
If tried and convicted as a child, he could be facing a sentence that would keep him in jail up to the age of 25. An adult conviction could mean prison for life for the young boy.
A judge will decide whether or not rehabilitation is still an option in his case.
"Juvenile law is different than adult criminal law because the goal of juvenile law is rehabilitation. The goal of adult law is punishment," Portanova explains.