One of two Wisconsin girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man should only face a lesser charge in juvenile court because she thought she had to kill her friend to protect herself and her family from the creature, her attorney argued on Monday. Anissa Weier, then 12, and her friend Morgan Geyser were arrested after allegedly stabbing their friend 19 times and leaving her in the woods on May 31, 2014. Each girl faces one count of being a party to first-degree intentional attempted homicide in adult court in connection with the May incident.
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Anissa Weier, then 12, and Morgan Geyser are accused of stabbing their friend Peyton Leutner  19 times  on May 31, 2014
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An attorney for Weier told a Wisconsin court on Monday that her client believed the fictional character was real and that she had to protect herself
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Weier and Geyser, 13, both face being charged with first-degree intentional attempted homicide in adult court
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Weier's defense attorney claims his client should face a lesser charge in juvenile court, even though the victim says she did all the stabbing
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