The move came at the request of the defendant's attorneys, who argued the punishment was inappropriate.
said she had erred in handing out the unusual penalty for the 15-year-old at the center of the high-profile cases that sparked protests and spurred Loudoun County schools to begin overhauling disciplinary procedures, attorney William Mann said. Brooks declined to comment after the hearing.
“If the person is young and does all the right things to make amends, don’t destroy them for the rest of their lives,” Mann said.
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