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14-Year-Old Handed Probation after Killing Abusive Father
A 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl who admitted to killing her father with a shotgun blast to his face was placed on probation Thursday after accepting a deal from the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office.
The girl was 13-years-old when she shot and killed her father, Matthew Booth Sr., with a 12-gauge shotgun last July. After the shooting the girl was charged as an adult with criminal homicide but after District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. saw the conditions of the house and learned of the years of abuse the girl suffered the case was moved to juvenile court.
Patrick Nightingale, the girl’s defense attorney, expressed gratitude for the decision to place his client on probation saying, “I think the DA's office has been consistently very enlightened in its approach because they know my client suffered significant trauma at the hands of her father, and I'm very happy on behalf of my client that we won't have to live through that trauma again in a trial setting.”
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