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Teen suspected of shooting 49er Ricky Pearsall in S.F. won’t be tried as an adult
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Sep 19, 2025 | Scott Ostler

Posted on 09/19/2025 3:02:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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This article didn't explain everything about CA law. I'm not sure the judge had much choice. CA law was chased a few years ago, and it's very hard to charge a minor as an adult. Maybe Roger Goodell will give him a job for what he did.
1 posted on 09/19/2025 3:02:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Personally, I’d like to see the definition of “minor” changed to be “under the age of 13”. If you don’t know the difference between right and wrong by that age, you are what they call, “that boy’s not right in the head”.


2 posted on 09/19/2025 3:04:29 PM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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What a fruit cake judge. If only we could hold hands and sing Kumbaya.


3 posted on 09/19/2025 3:09:56 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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Here in Minneapolistan the gangs use young kids to do the dirty work knowing they will never be prosecuted. I’m sure it’s the same everywhere.

Also, in this crime ridden schiffhole the county attorney says she won’t prosecute anyone that was busted for a felony due to a minor traffic stop.

http://www.fox9.com/news/hennepin-county-law-enforcement-traffic-stop-policy


4 posted on 09/19/2025 3:11:21 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: nickcarraway

He dint mean to shoot him ‘shoot him’. Right woopee?


5 posted on 09/19/2025 3:12:32 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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The suspect ... graduated from high school and is enrolled in San Francisco City College.

The guy is in college and he was tried as a juvenile? What????
He's in college and he's too immature to be totally responsible for his (evil) actions?

6 posted on 09/19/2025 3:12:54 PM PDT by norcal joe
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Why do so many judges making bad decisions have hard to pronounce foreign names ?

Are they here on J1B visas ?

Are there just no Americans who want to work as judges ?

are they all graduates of the Soros school of justice ?


7 posted on 09/19/2025 3:30:43 PM PDT by algore
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My 37 yo daughter moved there in 2021. She lives in Maple Grove now but was living by Loring Park & the Basilica, which was a little scary for me. She’s a total lefty so we don’t talk politics or religion anymore, but she seems happy. I pray she never has a reason not to be.


8 posted on 09/19/2025 3:31:19 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Trump 2024!)
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“””but was living by Loring Park & the Basilica”””

Not such a great place anymore. My wife is as conservative as can be but her sister who lives nearby is a lefty.
The old “nature/nurture” debate or something.


9 posted on 09/19/2025 3:35:14 PM PDT by shelterguy
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In D.C., young criminals under age 24 (!!) can be tried as juveniles.


10 posted on 09/19/2025 3:44:50 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum)
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Irregardless of age anyone committing a felony with a firearm, he is prepared to kill, should be treated as an adult.


11 posted on 09/19/2025 3:53:49 PM PDT by Ronald77
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That there are no photos or name of the suspect tells me the system of justice in California for minors is skewed. The justification is towards a possibility of rehabilitation. I question if there is any rehabilitation in California prisons.

I think if one is 17-years-old, the rules should apply to more as crimes of an adult when it nears the 18th year. This suspect x has been charged with attempted murder with enhancing allegations of intentional discharge of a firearm and personal use of a firearm, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and attempted second degree robbery. The level of criminal actions should have pushed him over to adult status.

The weapon was discharged several times during the struggle with Pearsall who fought to recover his goods. Stray bullets went everywhere until the gun jammed. This “kid” was determined to kill Pearsall in order to keep his booty. That hardened behavior should have been considered.


12 posted on 09/19/2025 3:54:35 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: algore

As I said, I’m not sure the law actually allowed another decision.


13 posted on 09/19/2025 3:57:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: rfp1234

24?


14 posted on 09/19/2025 3:58:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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I don’t think they can show a picture of a minor criminal suspect. He was a minor when this happened.


15 posted on 09/19/2025 3:59:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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I must have missed it ... how old was this “juvenile”? Apparently old enough to procure a gun and then shoot some one. He will probably become a good instructor for those juveniles he will share room and board with.


16 posted on 09/19/2025 4:52:24 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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He was 17 at the time of the crime.


17 posted on 09/19/2025 4:53:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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I don’t think he was in college at the time of the crime, because that college is in San Francisco, he lived in Stockton. Tgat would be a horrendous commute. The lawyer probably told him to do that, because it looked good.


18 posted on 09/19/2025 4:56:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Judge Denise de Bellefeuille. Another foreign meatball?


19 posted on 09/19/2025 7:26:57 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (God Bless Charlie Kirk.)
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That came up earlier this week when Mayor Bowser was being questioned by a House subcommittee.


20 posted on 09/19/2025 7:34:18 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum)
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