DA: Teen who killed Brexi is a poster child for a failed juvenile justice system

Sentencing for fatal shooting of Brexialee Torres-Ortiz

Deckyse Bridges (green) is sentenced to 25 years to life by judge Ted Limpert on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023 at Onondaga County Court in the fatal shooting of 11-year-old Brexialee Torres-Ortiz.N. Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

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Syracuse, N.Y. — Deckyse Bridges urged Tuesday morning that other teenagers not follow in his footsteps.

After amassing numerous arrests and cycling in and out of the justice system, Bridges, 16, is now going to prison for 25 years to life for the January murder of sixth grader Brexialee Torres-Ortiz in Syracuse.

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