at some point. these three individuals turned on our three victims and murdered them. two of them. right there. it s unclear if the miners are going to be tried as adults. the state attorney said they will quote aggressively pursue the prosecution. alright carlos suarez. thanks so much. all right. joining me right now is misty merits a defense and trial attorney misty, one of the suspects arrested just 12 years old. so what s the criteria weighed when trying to determine whether a 12 year old should be charged and tried as an adult. yeah this case is just tragic all the way around. but you bring up a very good point because the 12 year old obviously falls into the category of a minor. so what s weight depends on the jurisdiction and the state that you re in florida actually has some weak laws that allow minors
to be charged as adults with more frequency and with more lenient standards than other states. so in florida, the state attorney makes the determination about taking a course of action called a direct file and a direct file means that the case is taken out of juvenile court and put into the regular court system and they re tried as adults. the criteria that s looked at is the severity of the crime, whether or not their have been past instances with law enforcement and the role that that individual person played in. in the crime that occurred of course, here your most severe murder, but there might be different levels of culpability and a defense attorney will raise that, especially with respect to a 12 year old who was very young and the context of juvenile or and then misty. you know, investigators believe that the victims were involved in burglaries and robberies, and
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