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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) — If you drove by River Park Saturday, you astir apt saw a ample radical of radical astatine the intersection of Blackstone and Nees Avenues. Folks were peacefully protesting to hole Prop 57.
“We haven't got justness for our loved ones,” Lorenso Sanchez’s ma Julia Sanchez said.
“You tin execution someone, spell distant for 7 years and not person a felony connected your record,” Caleb Quick’s dada Stephen Quick said.
Families and friends of Caleb Quick and Lorenso Sanchez, lasting broadside by broadside successful the combat to hole Prop 57. Both Caleb and Lorenso were killed this year. The suspects are minors.
“If they aren't tried arsenic an adult, they're going to beryllium retired successful 7 years astatine the property of 25. And that is not right. That is not fair, particularly to the victims' families,” protestor Franceen Holden said.
“It's disheartening. It's a bigger contented than conscionable me. And, like, I ne'er knew astir this contented until my lad was assassinated,” Quick said.
Caleb Quick's dada was retired protesting with his family.
“I've been to Sacramento, knocked connected doors and tried to get a statement connected changing this because, you know, rewarding this behaviour is fundamentally what they're doing,” Quick said.
And Caleb's friends were besides retired protesting.
“Caleb was similar my older brother. He ne'er deserved this. None of these victims did,” Caleb Quick’s person Kaycee Holden said.
Quick said California lawmakers person near grieving families without justice. Although immoderate juveniles are tried arsenic adults, Quick says the process drags.
“It's been six months present and I'm gathering radical that it takes 2 oregon 3 years to spell done the juvenile tribunal conscionable to marque a determination if they're going to beryllium tried arsenic adults, oregon are going to enactment successful the juvenile court,” Quick said.
Lorenso Sanchez's ma is besides successful favour of an overhaul to Prop 57.
“The idiosyncratic that murdered my son, he's 15 and he's lone going to get 5 years. And with bully behavior, he'll get less. And each of america retired here, we are utilizing our voices for the victims of our kids that ne'er got justice,” Sanchez said.
This is her sixth protestation successful absorption of the proposition. She wants authorities leaders to cognize she and galore different families won't halt warring for their loved ones.
“He's a idiosyncratic that's worthy warring for. And I cognize my lad wouldn't person quit, and Lorenzo was an astonishing idiosyncratic and I'm going to combat until I get what I want. I privation justice,” Sanchez said.
