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CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- For the archetypal time, Action News has heard astir the affectional authorities of 2 teens arrested Friday for allegedly sidesplitting Caleb Quick. The suspects spent the play successful juvenile hallway connected execution charges.
"He's having a hard clip adjusting to custody," the boy's lawyer said. "But (he) volition bash the champion helium tin with the situation."
The boy's girlfriend, who is the suspected getaway driver, is present "making the champion of a hard situation," according to her attorney.
The suspects are each 16 and are present preparing to contradict execution charges. They could beryllium successful juvenile tribunal arsenic soon arsenic Wednesday.
"There's a jurisdictional hearing, past a detention proceeding to find if they should stay successful custody," Action News Legal Analyst Tony Capozzi said.
The juvenile process focuses connected rehabilitation. Detention tin lone past until the teens are 25. Any grounds of their past would past beryllium sealed.
"The juvenile tribunal is not the transgression justness system," Capozzi said. "It's not a transgression justness system. It's a strategy devised for juveniles and however they should beryllium treated."
It is successful stark opposition to big transgression court, wherever Capozzi says prosecutors could prosecute superior punishment aft surveillance video showed the fishy tracking Caleb for 13 minutes.
"That's considered lying successful wait, which is simply a peculiar condition for the decease penalty," Capozzi said.
Prosecutors could inquire to determination the teens to big court. Attorneys for some suspects accidental they would reason specified a move.
A justice would person to decide.
"If they were being tried arsenic minors and fto retired early, I judge they would bash this again," Caleb's father, Stephen Quick, said.
"Due to the quality of however my lad was executed, I would decidedly similar to spot them charged arsenic adults," helium said.
The full process could soon play retired successful nationalist view.
If prosecutors determination guardant with execution charges, the juvenile tribunal volition people a database showing the suspects' names and lawsuit numbers. The hearings -- usually closed -- would past go open.
"When you get into juvenile court, it's confidential," Capozzi said. "But erstwhile you get into a transgression specified arsenic this, murder, kidnapping, rape, those types of transgression are different, and those should beryllium unfastened to the public."
It volition beryllium the archetypal clip the nationalist sees the suspects aft they evaded constabulary for weeks.
In the meantime, Action News has learned the 2 -- fellow and woman -- person not had immoderate interaction successful juvenile hall.
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