Criminal
Jan. 16, 2012
In rare public case, judge rules 12-year-old killed his father
A Superior Court judge in Riverside ruled a 12-year-old boy committed second-degree murder when he shot and killed his neo-Nazi father in May 2011.
By Katie Lucia
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Superior Court judge in Riverside ruled a 12-year-old boy committed second-degree murder when he shot and killed his neo-Nazi father in May 2011. Joseph Hall was 10 years old when he shot his father, Jeffrey Hall, in the head while the man slept on a couch. After a 10-day trial that was delayed several times since October, Judge Jean P. Leonard found true the second-degree murder charges against the boy. He could remain in custody...
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