A Felon for Life, for 7 Cents

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From the Huffington Post:

A 7-cent robbery might sound like a petty crime, but, combined with the assault of a 73-year-old man, it’s landed 15-year-old Anthony Stewart some serious time in juvenile detention.

Onondaga County Judge William Walsh decided that Stewart deserved to have the incident on his permanent record. The defendant will spend at least two years in juvenile detention, according to the Daily News. Judge Walsh said he refused to try the boy as a “youthful offender” and wanted the charge to remain on his record because he didn’t initially plead guilty, even though both his accomplice and the assaulted man identified him.

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