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CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The begetter of Caleb Quick, the teen who was changeable and died extracurricular a McDonald's successful Clovis successful April, says helium still wants to spot the suspects tried arsenic adults. Caleb's father, Stephen, says charging the teenagers arsenic children "diminishes the worth of my son."
Stephen Quick spoke to YourCentralValley.com portion attending a rally of parents against Prop 57 successful Madera connected Monday. The latest protestation successful Madera drew caller families to the movement, astir notably Caleb Quick's father.
Stephen Quick, who is from Madera, says joining the question is much than a homecoming.
"We're seeing that conscionable a mates of days aft my lad was murdered, there's Lorenzo and Hanford, who was murdered," Stephen said. "Then, Jacob, present successful Madera, was murdered by teens."
Stephen says that successful joining the different grieving families, helium hopes to spot legislative alteration that would supply justness for each family, including his.
"[The accused teens] each accidental look the aforesaid consequences, potentially, of having a bully remainder of their beingness astatine the property of 25," Stephen said. "They'll beryllium retired astatine 25 and conscionable beryllium capable to unrecorded a happy, mean beingness - my son's life's gone."
Stephen Quick said prosecuting the 2 suspects progressive successful his son's decease arsenic minors undermines his son's worth - and that the suspects being children does not mean their alleged transgression was "just a mistake."
"I personally don't similar that argument. I deliberation it's, it benignant of diminishes the worth of my lad erstwhile they accidental that: 'it's a woops, it won't hap again. Give maine a slap connected my manus and fto maine spell connected my day.' That's fundamentally what's going to hap if they bash get tried arsenic juveniles."
The parents against Prop 57 radical program to articulation Stephen and the remainder of the Quick household astatine Fresno County Superior Court astatine the adjacent proceeding for the teens accused of sidesplitting Caleb Quick.
