close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for February 26 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The California Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the state's 2018 law barring 14- and 15-year-olds from being tried as adults and sent to adult prisons even for serious crimes such as murder , arson, robbery, rape or kidnapping. The ruling cements California's status as the first state to take the step, said The Sentencing Project, an advocacy group. The high court found the law did not conflict with Proposition 57, approved by voters two years earlier, that allowed judges to decide whether young suspects should be tried in adult court. "The amendment is fully consistent with and furthers Proposition 57’s fundamental purposes of promoting rehabilitation of youthful offenders and reducing the prison population," Associate Justice Joshua Groban wrote in the unanimous decision. … [Read more...] about California high court upholds ending adult trials for 14- and 15-year-old offenders
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Louisiana sheriff on fatal gun store rampage: ‘I don’t know why’
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for February 23 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The Louisiana gun store customer who opened fire in a sudden shooting rampage showed no signs of anger or agitation before his attack at the New Orleans -area shop, the local sheriff said Monday. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto confirmed during a press conference two days after Joshua Williams allegedly shot and killed two people before he, too, was fatally wounded, that the 27-year-old had a legal permit to carry a gun and instigated the exchange of gunfire Saturday afternoon at the Gun Outlet in suburban Metairie. "The fact of it is, I don’t know if we’ll ever know the why of why this happened" — Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto But the attack is still marred with mystery. "I don’t know why," Lopinto said during the briefing. "There are certain crimes that happen in your career and … [Read more...] about Louisiana sheriff on fatal gun store rampage: ‘I don’t know why’