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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison speaks during a community meeting at Shiloh Temple on Wednesday afternoon to discuss community safety on the Northside Wednesday afteronoon at Shiloh Temple in Minneapolis, Minn. The Minnesota Attorney General is weighing whether to take over the prosecution of the now 16-year-old boy accused of killing 23-year-old Zaria McKeever during a Brooklyn Park home invasion last fall.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said publicly Wednesday that he disagrees with a decision by Hennepin County's top prosecutor to offer a juvenile plea deal rather than seek a conviction in adult court for two minors suspected of killing a 23-year-old woman during a Brooklyn Park home invasion last fall.
At a community gathering to discuss the ongoing prosecution for the murder of Zaria McKeever, Ellison pushed back on Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty's decision to prosecute the teenage brothers, ages 15 and 17, as juveniles.
Prosecutors originally moved to certify the teens as adults so they could stand trial for second-degree murder alongside Erick Haynes, the 22-year-old man suspected of orchestrating the attack. But in February, Moriarty abruptly changed course, offering the boys a plea deal that would spare them a lengthy adult prison sentence in exchange for their testimony against Haynes. One of the boys accepted a deal last month that will result in a maximum two-year sentence in a juvenile facility, rather than a lengthy prison sentence.
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