The arrest brings a partial end to a dispute between prosecutors and police, who wanted to see the teen charged in the slaying far earlier.
brings a partial end to months of debate between prosecutors in the D.C. attorney general’s office and police, who wanted to see the teen charged in the slaying far earlier, according to three
The Washington Post generally does not identify juveniles charged with crimes unless they are charged in adult court.late February and petitioned prosecutors in D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine’s office to sign off on an arrest warrant for the teen on murder charges, according to police 38-year-old Timothy Stewart. The Post had first tried to contact the attorney general’s office about the case on June 29, and interviewed Racine on July 1.being too lenient on juveniles charged in violent offenses. In the July 1 interview, Racine declined to comment on the particular investigations but
to charge the case and that to proceed with a prosecution that prosecutors can meet the beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard,” Racine said. “We do not move forward on cases where we cannot meet these standards.”When reached by telephone, the teen’s public defender, Taylor Dodson, refused to comment. But neither police nor prosecutors have ordered the weapon tested for DNA to compare to the teen’s, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the case, who blamed the attorney general’s office for not testing the weapon. The attorney general’s office declined to comment on the assertion but said police can submit guns for DNA testing on their own.
Seconds later, Brewer’s friends ran into the house. Wright said she ran out the back and saw her son on the ground “like he tried to jump out of his chair and run, but couldn’t.” Wright picked him up and carried his lifeless body back to the house.
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