The judge rejects the defense call

On Friday, a judge in West Moreland County refused claims by a father of Brackenridge, who was exposed to a potential death penalty that the prosecutors were biased, and did not have enough evidence to prove that he killed his 9-year-old son in New Kensington in New Kensington three years ago.

The judge of the Common Pleas Court, Meagan Bilik-Defazio, found in a 19-page decision that there was enough evidence to enable the first degree against Jean J. Charles to be in court later this year.

The prosecutors believe that 43-year-old Charles killed his son, 9-year-old Azuree Charles, on May 4, 2022.

After the authorities, Jean Charles then strangled his son about an embankment before hiding him under lawn furniture.

The evidence offered for the defense is not sufficient so that the case progresses. It contained video and photos of a man who was identified as Charles with a shovel and his son's bike in the hours and places near the police concerned that the murder took place.

The judge rejected this argument and other defense claims that the district prosecutor removed from the case. They claim bias and selective law enforcement in relation to the decision to apply for the death penalty against Charles, which is black.

Charles' defense team in his argument cited a further ongoing persecution of two white parents who were accused of killing their adoptive son. In this case, the prosecutors do not see the death penalty.

Bilik-Defazio said that the defense had not offered any evidence that there is a two-time prejudices in the district lawyer.

“This dish agrees to the Commonwealth that the victim is a child apart from the fact and the accused is a parent that there is no other similarities between the cases,” the judge wrote.

The judge also rejected a defense argument in which the members of the public prosecutor claimed too much involved in the early investigation stages of the murder of Azuree Charles and could not take other potential suspects into account before accused Jean Charles.

The prosecutors claim that Charles has a violent story with his son.

In 2019, Charles said guilty of having attacked the boy based on the child that his father hit him in the face and hit him with a telephone charger.

According to court files Charles, the police again credited the child physically in November 2021. This case is still pending.

As a result of the incident of 2021, the West Moreland County Children's Bureau Charles, with its four children, including Azuree, prohibited unattended behavior.

The prosecutors claim that Jean Charles had killed his son to prevent him from testifying against him in connection with the 2021 attack.

Charles should appear on July 14th for a hearing in court.