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Putting the defendant in jail for life is, simply put, a violation of the Eighth Amendment - cruel and unjust punishment.
King Brothers Case
This case followed directly on the heels of the Tate case, but provides less of a defense to the children here. It is undisputed that the children knew what they were doing when they helped to murder their father. Unlike the Tate case, there is no debate about mens rea, or actual guilt in the crime.
As a defense attorney, however, I would focus the children's defense on the fact that the sentencing of life in prison is unconstitutional given the Eighth Amendment's bar against cruel and unjust punishment.
The children were exceedingly young, and under the influence of child molester and...
As a result, their situation is extraordinary in its circumstances, and even though a prison sentence is appropriate, a mitigated sentence with much of the sentence being served out in a juvenile detentional facility would be a much more appropriate sentencing.
There is much opportunity in this case for rehabilitation in these youth. For the adult male being tried, however, there is little opportunity for rehabilitation - as a previous sex offender and now a murder, he has no option but to serve life in prison for his actions.
It is, however, manifestly cruel and unjust to throw the children, under such duress and rough family conditions, into jail for life and waste young lives given the fact that rehabilitation is most definitely possible.
He admits that he killed her but he states that it was an accident. In an event in which the result is death the defense of involuntary manslaughter is available if the defense can show that it was not an intentional killing. He also used a partial wrestling defense. He was not allowed to use a complete wrestling defense because the professional wrestlers who were asked to testify to the
The prosecutor allowed that the crime is third-degree battery and that the homicide occurred during the battery. The mitigating circumstance in Alex King's situation was the influence that Ricky Chavez exerted over Alex, who was 12 years old at the time of this crime. Alex asserted that Mr. Chavez and he were in love and that if Mr. King were alive, he would not let Alex live with him.
King In this case, two juvenile brothers murdered their father using a blunt object and then burnt his body to hide the evidence. Alex, the youngest of the brothers, claimed that the murder was done intentionally but was a result of years of abuse, both physical and emotional, by their father. The two were found guilty and were sentenced a serve less than ten years in prison. Alex King could have
Criminal Law Juvenile Homicide Cases: Florida v. Tate and Florida v. King In Florida v. Tate, the facts supported charging the defendant with murder as well as charging him with a variety of lesser-included offenses, including the different levels of homicide and aggravated assault. However, there was no evidence of other crimes like kidnapping or conspiracy. In Florida v. King, the facts supported charging the juvenile defendants with conspiracy to commit murder.
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