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He’s being treated a lot better than the adult defendants. He’s being charged in state court - specifically the state he resides in. The charges are being bro
by pyuser583 6y ago
He’s being treated a lot better than the adult defendants.
He’s being charged in state court - specifically the state he resides in.
The charges are being brought in San Francisco - which is thousands of miles from the where the other suspects live.
Relative to the other defendants, he’s getting it easy.
Yes, he’s technically facing life in prison. But it’s a prison near his home.
He probably won’t get life in prison, but at least he’ll be able to get family visits, etc.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> He’s being charged in state court The release doesn't say that either thar he is being charged in state court or that he is not being charged in federal court. First it says why they won't tell you details of any federal charges—“With exceptions that do not apply to this case, juvenile proceedings in federal court are sealed to protect the identity of the juvenile”—then it says that the federal authorities have referred the juvenile to state authorities (without saying anything about action taken by the state authorities.)
- pyuser583 6y agoSorry I was incorporating information from another HN linked article: https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/tampa-teen-accused-of-being-mastermind-behind-twitter-hack-that-targeted-high-profile-accounts/ https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/tampa-teen-acc... It’s much clearer as to what’s happening at the state level. It’s also clearer that, for now anyway, he’s being held near his family.