Associated Press • March 29, 2010
A judge says a western Pennsylvania boy who was 11 when he allegedly killed his father's pregnant fiancee with a shotgun will be tried as an adult for murder.
Jordan Brown is charged with killing 26-year-old Kenzie Marie Houk in their western Pennsylvania farmhouse last February. Houk's unborn son also died.
A defense psychologist testified that the case should be moved to juvenile court, in part, because an adolescent's brain does not control impulses in a "mature way." But a prosecution psychiatrist says Brown isn't likely to be rehabilitated in juvenile court, which would have jurisdiction over him only until he is 21.
Lawrence County Judge Dominick Motto on Monday ordered Brown, who is now 12, be tried as an adult. If convicted, he faces life in prison.
From: http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20100329/NEWS01/100329027/Pa.-boy-12-to-be-tried-as-adult-in-pregnant-woman-s-murder
Monday, March 29, 2010
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