This is such a sad case. Here these parents think they’re helping their son by sending him off to a boot camp, and he’s murdered by the people who are supposed to be helping him. Then the coroner states he died due to an illness he had, not the beating. Kudos to Crist for agreeing the state should pay….but bottom line is, no amount of money can ease the pain these parents must endure, knowing what their son went through.

TAMPA, Fla. - Gov. Charlie Crist said Wednesday the state should give $5 million to the family of a teenager who died last year after he was manhandled by juvenile boot camp guards.

Crist’s comments came hours after prosecutors released an enhanced video of the beating of Martin Lee Anderson, 14, and more than 20,000 pages of evidence in the manslaughter case against seven former guards and a nurse.

The family had sued for $40 million, but said in a letter to Crist that a $10 million payment would be a fair resolution - half from the state and half from Bay County, which ran the camp.

“I think it’s real important that the state do the right thing, and I think the right thing to do is honor their more-than-reasonable request. Justice delayed is justice denied,” Crist said in Tallahassee. The payment would have to be approved by the Legislature.

After meeting with the boy’s family, the governor’s office said, Crist sent letters to the House and Senate urging them to approve the payment this session.

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