MIAMI – Florida prosecutors are considering a boot-camp program that could significantly reduce jail time for a Canadian diplomat’s teenage son charged in a fatal shooting.
The Miami Herald reports that prosecutors told a judge Monday that 15-year-old Marc Wabafiyebazu met the requirements to enter the six-month program. Participants receive behaviour-modification courses, job training and drug treatment.
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No decision has been made.
Wabafiyebazu faces charges including felony murder as an adult in a March 30 shooting in Miami that left his older brother and another teen dead. Police say the Wabafiyebazu brothers tried to rob marijuana dealers when shooting erupted.
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Defence attorneys have described Wabafiyebazu as an innocent tagalong to a troubled older brother.
Wabafiyebazu is the son of Roxanne Dube, Canada’s consul general in Miami. Dube says her son’s innocent.
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