Legal arguments begin today for four teenage girls accused of participating in a deadly group attack on a homeless man in Toronto. The case has been highly publicized and raises questions about youth criminal justice.
Lawyers are set to begin legal arguments today for four girls scheduled to face trial this year over their alleged role in a deadly group attack on a homeless man in Toronto . The teens are part of a group police allege swarmed and stabbed Kenneth Lee, a 59-year-old man who was living in the city’s shelter system, in December 2022. All of them were charged with second-degree murder, and four have since pleaded guilty to lesser charges of manslaughter or assault.
The other two are set to be tried by a judge and jury in May, one for second-degree murder and the other for manslaughter. All four of the girls headed to trial were initially supposed to have their case decided by a jury, but two of them recently switched to a judge-alone trial after the Crown and judge agreed to a request from their lawyers
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