NJ Fraternal Order of Police: Youths who commit capital offenses should face harsher penalties

The New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police doesn’t believe justice is being served after a Newark police sergeant was shot and killed by a 14-year-old suspect. Sgt. Joseph Azcona’s unit was tasked with removing illegal guns off the street in Newark. Azcona was killed, and another officer injured, on March 7. Outside Newark City Hall stands a monument of a fallen police officer guarded by St. Michael – the patron saint of law enforcement. “The memorial was delivered to us by a retired New York City homicide detective shortly after Sgt. Azcona was killed,” said James Stewart Jr., the vice president of the New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police. “It’s obviously become a little bit of a memorial, kind of a meeting place for the members of our department.” A 14-year-old suspect was charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of a weapon. He will not be named, and cannot be charged as an adult under New Jersey law. “An adult would be facing a lot of time in prison, if…..

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