Across the state, dozens of youthful offenders are moving back to their home counties to finish their sentences. A hearing last week in a Scripps Ranch murder case shed light on the county's scramble to patch together programming
A 16-year-old Scripps Ranch boy admitted in testimony that he shot his 46-year-old father, Thanh Pham, but he claims self-defense based on a fear that his father was going to beat him, as had happened in the past. Attorneys in the case gave their closing arguments in court.