15-year old boy, with no criminal record, who was charged with videotaping a fight, was moved to adult

15-year old boy, with no criminal record, who was charged with videotaping a fight, was moved to adult

…I have been involved in the defense of juvenile delinquency cases for over 20 years and currently supervise all of the public defenders assigned to juvenile courts in Connecticut,” said Christine Perra Rapillo, director of Juvenile Delinquency Defense. “I know of no other cases where a child with no record was transferred on a Class D felony.”

“The juvenile court record reflects this 15-year old boy, with no criminal record, who was charged with videotaping a fight, was moved to adult court because ‘the judge wanted to keep the cases together,'” said Rapillo. “There were codefendants who, although teenagers, were adult in the eyes of the law and the prosecutor and the judge opted for convenience over true justice…

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/idUS139355+15-Apr-2011+PRN20110415

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