Court officials respond to lawsuits and allegations that Michael Brown had a juvenile record.
Michael Brown
Associated Press
Following his death, the Post-Dispatch had filed a petition in St. Louis County Circuit Court to unseal Brown's juvenile records.
After the Post-Dispatch filed the petition for Brown's juvenile records, its deputy managing editor Adam Goodman wrote:
The court filing is just one avenue of many in our continuing commitment to cover a significant news story for our community.
We have taken this action as a professional news organization, independently and not in conjunction with any other organization, as we seek to report facts and not rely on innuendo or speculation.
Cynthia Harcourt, a lawyer for St. Louis County Juvenile Officer Kip Seeley, argued against releasing those records, but acknowledged there were no convictions for the most serious types of felonies.
After the hearing, she told the Post-Dispatch Brown was not facing any serious felony charges when he died. Class A felonies include second-degree murder and first-degree robbery; the penalties in adult court range from 10 years in prison to death. Class B felonies include voluntary manslaughter, second-degree robbery and first-degree burglary, with a maximum penalty of five to 15 years.
Via stltoday.com
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