CALIFORNIA JUDGE ORDERS NO PRISON TIME FOR BOYS WHO BEAT 13-YEAR-OLD TO DEATH

A California judge has decided not to impose a prison sentence on two boys whose bullying and sucker-punch attack led to the death of a 13-year-old classmate in 2019.

They had picked on the victim for years. The attack was caught on video, which circulated widely on social media. And they admitted to involuntary manslaughter in court after having their charges reduced from voluntary manslaughter.

But Riverside County Superior Court Judge Roger A. Luebs ordered each of the juveniles to serve 150 hours of community service

“No custody time was ordered and the judge ordered each juvenile to do 150 hours of community service and also that they participate in various programs specifically tailored toward their rehabilitative needs,” a spokesman for the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office said.

The two suspects, whose identities have been withheld because they are minors, had allegedly been bullying Diego Stolz since seventh grade at Landmark Middle School in Moreno Valley.

Video of the incident showed a significantly larger boy confronting Diego on school grounds. The victim has his hands at his sides when the first attacker punches him in the face. The second punches him from behind, and Diego loses his balance, falls and cracks his head on concrete.

He never regained consciousness and was taken off life support nine days later.

The boy’s aunt had filed numerous complaints about bullying before the fatal attack.

Both the principal, Scott Walker, and vice principal, Kamilah O’Connor, were later fired, and the family filed wrongful death litigation against the district.



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