MILWAUKEE (AP) — The prosecutor who convicted a Milwaukee girl of killing her step-grandfather after he poured her milk down the drain says the victim’s family didn’t want the young teenager tried as an adult.
The girl was 13 at the time of the slaying two years ago. She said she only stabbed the 48-year-old man after he began choking her.
She was initially charged as an adult with first-degree intentional homicide and could have faced life in prison.
But assistant district attorney Kevin Shomin agreed Tuesday to have her case waived to juvenile court, where she was sentenced to one to six years in custody. She could remain under supervision until age 25.
Shomin said Wednesday he hopes the sentence is a fair compromise that provides the girl the help she needs.
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March 9th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
sure – he hopes she gets help after he persectuted her and terrorized her with the possibility of an adult sentence, all the while labeling her the “spilled milk killer.” This prosecutor is as much a jerk as the so-called victim – a man who thought it was SO cute to bully a 13 year old by depriving her of food. Of COURSE the cops had been to that address many times – and not just because of the girl – face reality – there was serious domestic abuse at that home and the girl was most likely the victim versus the perpetrator. She claimed this guy choked her – which led to the stabbing – a clear case of self defense – and abused adult would be permitted to use that as a defense but for a kid it is a motive. She had not right to defend herself from this rotten brute. So yes – the prosecutor now claims to be a nice sort. Yuk.