Judge Rejects Motion To Try Teen As Adult In Death Of Wilmington Student

Judge Rejects Motion To Try Teen As Adult In Death Of Wilmington Student

 

DOVER, Del. (CBS) – On Friday, a Delaware judge denied a request from prosecutors to try a teen as an adult for her role in the fatal beating of Amy Joyner-Francis.

In an announcement made Friday, the judge noted that this was the teen’s “first contact with the justice system” and that it was a “tragic” incident that would have a longstanding impact on the community for years.

The defendant will instead be tried in Family Court on criminally negligent homicide and conspiracy charges.

The 16-year-old is accused of hitting Amy Joyner-Francis several times in a bathroom attack at Howard High School in Wilmington. Authorities say the teen’s physical abuse is what led to a cardiac incident that caused Joyner’s death.

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