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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As a 16-year-old execution fishy makes his mode done the justness system, families of different victims are pushing for alteration that could onshore the lad a longer sentence.
The teen is accused of shooting and sidesplitting 18-year-old Caleb Quick extracurricular a Clovis McDonald's successful April of this year.
Investigators judge the fishy watched Quick for respective minutes successful the McDonald's earlier pursuing him to the parking batch and shooting him, past leaving the country with his girlfriend.
Action News is not naming the suspects due to the fact that of their ages.
On Monday, the lad returned to tribunal for a presumption proceeding arsenic a justice decides if his lawsuit volition beryllium transferred to big tribunal for the accidental of a much terrible sentence.
"We're inactive getting discovery, records, and due to the fact that determination are juveniles involved, that takes a agelong time," said Mark Coleman, Attorney.
Under California's Proposition 57, if convicted arsenic a minor, helium could beryllium released by his 25th birthday.
Caleb's father, Stephen Quick, said the suspects acted arsenic adults and should beryllium tried arsenic such.
"This full process is truly frustrating due to the fact that evidently my lad didn't get owed process, helium conscionable got murdered, helium got assassinated successful beforehand of each of his friends," said Stephen Quick, Caleb Quick's dad.
The boy's lawyer told Action News successful the past that the incidental whitethorn person been provoked by what helium described arsenic "egregious harm" allegedly committed by Caleb.
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Stephen stood extracurricular the courthouse alongside different families connected Monday, wherever they called for change.
"Asking for reformation of Prop 57 and benignant of carve retired these types of crimes wherever it's a execution and it's not benignant of a defense, oregon thing of passion, oregon an accidental death, these are premeditated murders," said Stephen Quick.
Julia Sanchez joined Stephen, her son, 17-year-old Lorenzo Sanchez, was stabbed to decease successful April. The fishy successful his lawsuit is simply a 15-year-old.
She continues to instrumentality portion successful protests due to the fact that she said the radical acts arsenic a dependable for the victims.
"If we are together, moving together, it's going to marque the change, america sticking together," said Sanchez. "It's sad, but I'm gladsome I'm not the lone one, due to the fact that for a alteration it takes a village."
The lad volition instrumentality to tribunal successful October for different presumption proceeding arsenic portion of the process to perchance determination the lawsuit to big court.
The different fishy was successful tribunal past month; her transportation proceeding could widen into adjacent year.
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