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Описание: A judge could decide to charge Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier as juveniles.
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The 12-year-old girls accused of stabbing their friend 19 times in an Internet-inspired attack are scheduled to appear in a Wisconsin courtroom today for a status conference at which a judge could decide if their case will be sent to juvenile court.

Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier are charged as adults with attempted first-degree intentional homicide after allegedly luring their victim into the woods with a game of hide-and-seek, then stabbing her repeatedly on May 31.

According to court documents, the girls say they carried out the attack in hopes of meeting a fictional online character named “Slender Man.”

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