15-year-old Kenneth Bartley, Jr. is headed back to jail after Special Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood rejects the boy's bid to have his April plea deal withdrawn in connection with the Campbell County High School shooting case.

This kid was strong-armed into a plea deal he didn't fully understand by an attorney anxious to dump his case and instead of the "justice" the family of Ken Bruce said they wanted, a child is being sentenced to 45 years in prison for first-degree murder when it clearly was not a pre-meditated act. The gun he brought to school that day to trade was unloaded until he was foolishly cornered in a principal's office. Principal Gary Seale had testified that no shots were fired until he attempted to tackle the boy. When lunged at, Bartley loaded the gun and fired killing Bruce, an assistant principal. Seale and assistant principal Jim Pierce were injured.