Dispensing justice in light rail case

“We should be seeking [a transfer] in every case that a client is eligible”

P astor Wayne Edmonds stood in the courtroom baffled. The Baltimore judge had earlier sentenced the girl who fatally stabbed his daughter at a light rail station to 25 years in adult prison. But because of a rarely employed law, the girl's accomplice - who also was charged and convicted as an adult - was about to be sent to a juvenile jail, meaning he will be freed by the time he is 21, at the latest.

The decision 'fails to show consistency in the judicial system,' Edmonds told Judge Martin P. Welch. 'It fails to show young people that there are going to be consequences.' Read more