Trial date set for Jacksonville's youngest murder suspect

This boy has a history of hurting small animals that is a profile of a serial killer in the making. We'll be seeing him again someday if they let him out. All serial killer's start out the same. Wake up and do your homework, most start out with their first kill at a very early age, and go for years before their caught. This one is a bad seed and clearly needs to be kept locked up for the rest of his life. Just imagine if they would have the chance to lock up Bundy, he was 15 at his first kill, green river killer,Rolin he was young too, the list goes on and on, all were young men showed sign's early in age, so don't be so quick to slam the state for trying to protect people in the future, this boy show's all the sign's of a mass killer to come. And yes their parent's played a big role in what drove them. This prosecutor know's what's at stake. This plea deal was a mistake. He'll be prime at 19 filled with hate from prison. You can only hope he hit's the road when he get's out and become's someone else's nightmare.

by anotherlawyer September 17, 2012 7:58 PM EDT This story fails to give all of the relevant background details. First, Fernandez was barely 12 when he allegedly killed his brother and there is no evidence that he broke his brother's leg - the mother here pled guilty to lesser charges very quickly in order to avoid potential liability later - especially since children Fernandez's age are at great risk for false confession syndrome. It is not unheard of for children to take responsibility for parents in such situations. Also, Angela Corey charged Fernandez with first degree murder by bootstrapping an overt accidental killing to a felony child abuse charge as the underlying felony. This is a disgraceful act by a prosecutor - especially where a 12 year old child is concerned. There is zero evidence that Fernandez knowingly or willfully harmed his brother - the claim is that he shoved his brother into a shelf. Corey has the record in Florida for condemning the most children in the state to adult prison - many to die there. She argued in court that Fernandez should be locked up in an adult facility in the "hole" (for his own protection) at age 12 and 5 months. Even the judge couldn't stomach that and sent him back to Juvie - but Corey had already kept Fernandez away from caring adults interested in his welfare for several months and forced him into three weeks of solitary confinement in the adult jail prior to extracting the so-called sexual abuse confession. There is zero forensic evidence that the boy improperly touched his younger brother - and given Fernandez was forced to babysit the child - change his clothes and bath him - it is not unlikely that improper touching occurred. No other nation in the world would recognize a crime in such circumstances - especially since this touching purportedly occurred when Fernandez was but ELEVEN. Corey hopes everyone will buy this story and see this boy as a rapist murderer - even though the improper touching incident is