SFPD took murder case to Sacramento, where teen could be tried as an adult
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Critic say the prosecution of a teen suspect in a San Francisco killing in Sacramento County is an attempt by police to bypass the S.F. District Attorney’s Chesa Boudin’s reforms for juveniles.Paul Chinn / The Chronicle
A 17-year-old boy arrested following a deadly sideshow shooting in San Francisco’s Excelsior District last year will be prosecuted in Sacramento County in a move that critics called an attempt by police to bypass the San Francisco district attorney’s reform policies for juveniles.
District Attorney Chesa Boudin pledged to never charge a minor as an adult, but that’s not the case in Sacramento or most other counties. The decision to bring the charges to Sacramento could have a significant effect on the minor’s sentence if he’s convicted as an adult a difference between a handful of years in lockup versus decades in an adult prison. Because he’s a minor,