Karmelo Anthony
Does not face the death penalty …
The said father’s father
Contamination
Karmelo Anthony – the 17-year-old accused accused of killing a fellow teenager on a track to meet Last year – do not face the death penalty … something that the victim’s father is not happy.
Anthony was formally stated in a count of first-degree murder Tuesday his said role in an April 2 attack on a high school track … and a short period after the law sources were announced, explained the law sources TMZ Sports Death penalty does not play.
We were told in addition to prosecutors not looking for it … Just 17 years old, Anthony was still young to be the subject of punishment.
Instead, Anthony faced life in prison if he was judged.
Jeff Metcalf – the father of Austin MetcalfThe boy who said Anthony was killed – told us he had “100 percent” Karmelo 18 during approval what was Anthony’s age.
“It doesn’t matter what I think,” he told us. “No one can bring back to my son.”
He added, “This is the law unfortunately. If 6 weeks later, he was 18 years old. Then it was a different ball game.”
However Jeff said he “glad” the case continues ahead.
For the part of Anthony, his lawyer, Mike Howardsaid in a video statement on Tuesday that his client’s actions were “self-defense
