The district attorney in a current murder case is looking for to attempt a 15-year-old suspect as a grownup. What do Colorado laws need to state about this? First let’s take a look at the case itself.
Pueblo resident Johnny Dennel Jr., 15, turned himself in to authorities on Nov. 15. Authorities had actually been looking for him as a murder suspect because Francisco Alcon, 22, was fatally shot on Nov. 12. Both Alcon and Dennel are apparently linked in the exact same street gang. After turning himself in, Dennel was rapidly moved to the Pueblo Youth Detention Center.
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