And this morning the Minister of Human Development also weighed in on the sentence handed down to former Corporal Kareem Martinez.
Here's what she told us about her view of Justice Antoinette Morre's ruling and her Ministry's efforts to bolster the police
department's interactional practices with minors so that what happened to Laddie and Thomas Palacio on that beach never happens again.
Dolores Balderamos Garcia, Minister Of Human Resources
"We continue to work with the police on the rights of children and children should never be treated in the same way as adults."
"It is necessary for us to give that special attention to minors. You cannot treat minors in the same way as adults, um, on the sentence
of the police that carried out that very very you know unfortunate and heinous manslaughter well, the judge taking into account every
single thing came down on the side of being stiff and I think as a country we have to absolutely respect that."
Kareem Martinez's attorney Oscar Selgado has said that he will appeal the verdict.
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