05-30-2013, 03:01 PM
(05-30-2013, 02:25 PM)LytoMe Wrote: In the statements from the attorney I am getting he is not saying he is Innocent. He is stating that he feels the 12 year old does not understand what he did.
The attorneys are reportedly saying that they believe Isaiah is innocent, and that the boy may be too young to stand trial, and that they've got a lot of evidence to sift through. I think that the attorneys simply have so much more to comb through and to strategize that they have no real game plan as of yet. They're just tossing out claims that are non-committal but look favorable to their client in the meantime.
New article:
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Isaiah’s court appearance took about two minutes, the Stockton Record reported. The short session was attributed to the boy’s lawyers not asking for the case to be dismissed or that he not remain in juvenile jail as he awaits trial.
"Our view of the case hasn't changed. We got in believing our client was innocent, and as we stand here, that's what we believe,” Reichel said outside the courthouse steps.
He contended that there was no “smoking gun” in the case against Isaiah, although he conceded that his client lied about the intruder. Still, Reichel said, that doesn’t mean the boy killed his sister.
"We're still in the middle of our own personal investigation of the facts," Reichel said, according to KCRA.
Isaiah is confined in a single cell in a juvenile facility, goes to the jail’s school and works out at the jail, the attorney said.
Reichel told Reuters that Isaiah was suspended from school in January for bringing a Swiss Army knife. Aside from that incident, the lawyer said the 12-year-old is “a very normal boy in a normal setting with normal siblings.”
The Fowler family moved to an “undisclosed location” since the charges. One of Isaiah’s attorneys, Steve Plesser, told KCRA that the family is “unsettled.” He said he was trying to get the boy released to his parents while he awaits trial, but hasn’t yet asked a judge to follow through on the request.
"We don't have the best release plan in place at this point," the attorney said. "The family hasn't had a chance to get a firm foundation on their home life yet."
http://www.ibtimes.com/12-year-old-denie...er-1284483#