The Florida young accused of killing his parents with a hammer and then celebrations with his friends, was charged as an adult but is not eligible for the death penalty because of his age, prosecutors say.
Life in prison without parole is "the only feasible option that remains on the table for him," said chief assistant criminal defense attorney attorney Thomas Bakkedahl. "While it may not be pleasing to me, that am all we've got."
Tyler Hadley, 17, was charged today with two counts of second degree murder which will keep him in jail while the state attorney's office assembles imposing judges, the only way to prosecute Hadley for first degree murder. In Florida, first degree murder will have two punishments: the death penalty for people 18 or older or life in prison without parole.
Prosecutors decided to seek first degree murder charges against Hadley after seeing the damage done to the bodies of Hadley's parents during the medical examiner's autopsy.
Hadley's public prosecutors, Mark Harllee, told the Associated Press he had met with Hadley, but didn't discuss the teen's state of mind.
"We will be representing him enthusiastically, and the next step we will take is to enter an appeal of not guilty on his behalf," he said.
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