The most significant criminal law story this week was the mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Barrow County, Georgia. Tragically, two teachers and two students were killed, and at least nine others were wounded. The people injured are expected to live. The suspect, a 14-year-old student at the school, is in custody facing murder charges. The AP reports that the juvenile was previously interviewed by law enforcement in connection with alleged online threats of a school shooting over a year ago. The juvenile’s father has also been charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in connection with the shootings. The story notes that this is the 30th mass killing in the United States in 2024. Read on for more of the latest criminal law news. Juvenile Escapee Back in Custody. According to this story, a seventeen-year-old murder suspect is back in custody after escaping from Dillon Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Butner, North Carolina. The juvenile was on the lam from the medium security facility for around eight hours before a passing driver saw him running from a wooded area and noticed his detention center garb. The juvenile was cooperative when approached by law enforcement and was captured without further incident. This is apparently the second time the juvenile has escaped custody while awaiting trial on first-degree murder charges stemming from a 2023 killing. Back in February, he managed to give guards at the Richmond Correctional Institution the slip. Authorities are investigating the circumstances of the escape. Trump Sentencing Staying [...]
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