Partner Scott Berry appears on CBS feature story about hit and run car chase involving 15-year-old

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Nov. 3, 2015 - PRLog -- Marshall & Berry, P.A. Partner and Criminal Defense Attorney Scott Berry appeared as a legal expert on a breaking news story surrounding the withholding of a juvenile's name in a vehicular homicide case on the CBS local West Palm Beach affiliate's 11:00 p.m. newscast last night. Mr. Berry was featured several times on a 2-minute story.

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The story focused on the legal treatment of juveniles accused of serious crimes after an incident in Boca Raton Sunday night where a 15-year-old driver hit and killed a passenger during an accident with another car while fleeing from the police. The 15-year-old's name has not been released despite his alleged participation in stealing the car he was driving, a 2016 Ford Mustang.

Mr. Berry was brought on to explain why juveniles often receive relatively short jail sentences here in the state of Florida despite the sometimes serious and vicious nature of the crimes that they have committed. "There is this belief that no one is as bad as their worst day, and I think judges particularly when it comes to kids buy into that."

State attorneys decide which children get charged as an adult, while the judge decides the sentence. Mr. Berry noted that vehicular homicide can carry up to a 15-year sentence, while felony murder can be a life sentence.

For more information about Mr. Berry and his law firm, please go to http://www.palmbeachcriminaldefense.net