Monday, July 9, 2007

When girls kill


A 13-year-old girl awaits sentencing after her conviction this evening. The unnamed girl (under the Youth Criminal Justice act, minors under 14 cannot reveal their identities to the public) faces 10 years of imprisonment for the murder of her 8 year-old brother and their parents in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The jury was instructed to enter in a guilty verdict in the 1st degree if "it's shown they intentionally helped, encouraged or persuaded someone to commit a crime." The prosecution argued that the girl, who was 12 at the time, and her boyfriend conspired to murder her family because they disapproved of their relationship - he was 23 years old and a cocaine user. Jeremy Steinke faces charges for 1st degree murder as well, though he has not pleaded yet.

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