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Young kid killer of two (including dad) gets sentence of residential treatment

By Douglas A. Berman

This CNN report, which is headlined "Arizona boy who admitted killing father sentenced to treatment," details the sentencing outcome in a sad and sadly sensational double-killing that took place in Arizona a few years ago.  Here are the basics: A 10-year-old Arizona boy who admitted to shooting and killing his father and another man in 2008 was sentenced Thursday to "in-patient treatment" that could go on for several years, according to the prosecutor. The boy pleaded guilty in February to one count of negligent homicide in exchange for a plea deal that dropped the two counts of murder he was charged with initially. The boy was accused of killing his father, Vincent Romero, 29, and Tim Romans, 39, who rented a room in Romero's home in St. Johns, Arizona...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 17, 2010 (boomark / email).