Judge Says St. Louis Girl, 15, Who Bashed Another Girl’s Head Into the Pavement in Vicious Teen Fight, Will Not Be Tried as an Adult

Maurnice DeClue and Kaylee Gain, 16, were in a fight, caught on video, that shocked millions of viewers, and left Kaylee in critical condition with a traumatic brain injury.

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Maurnice DeClue, 15, repeatedly slams the head of Kaylee Gain, 16, after the two St. Louis teens agreed to settle their differences in an after school fight. YouTube

A judge has ruled that the 15-year old girl who grievously wounded her classmate, 16, in a fight near their St. Louis school, smashing her head repeatedly into the pavement, will be tried as a juvenile, despite pressure from politicians – including Missouri’s senior senator — that she be tried as an adult.

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