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Honor Student, 13, Stabs Mom DEAD IN NECK, Next to Infant Daughter: CONFESSES
A shocked courtroom heard Derek Rosa tell police he stabbed his mother to death in her sleep as his baby sister slept next to her in the bed.
After hearing the teen's taped confession, Miami Dade Circuit Judge Richard Hersch rejected a defense motion to move Rosa out of the adult jail and into a juvenile facility. The defense says it is unconstitutional to keep Rosa in an adult cell, claiming he is being kept in unsustainable conditions and is only allowed outside the cell for 20 hours a week.
After rejecting the motion, the judge orders Rosa to be held in the Miami-Dade Metro West Detention…
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