Student, 16 when he stabbed classmates, to face adult trial
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A judge says a young man who was 16 years old when he stabbed 20 fellow students and a security guard at his suburban Pittsburgh high school should stand trial as an adult, not as a juvenile.
A defense attorney for Alex Hribal (RY'-bal) had argued juvenile court supervision ending when he's 21 would provide a better chance for him to receive treatment for mental health issues that fueled his rampage at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville in April 2014.
But a Westmoreland County judge agreed with a prosecutor the enormity of the attack and the risk Hribal could reoffend make adult sanctions more appropriate.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Hribal's attorney acknowledges he stabbed the other students, who survived. Hribal is 18 now and could face decades in prison if convicted.