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Hopefully this kid get his *** kicked in prison.

Beantown

Beantown

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https://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/19/17370830-ohio-school-shooter-wearing-killer-t-shirt-sentenced-to-life-in-prison?lite


An Ohio judge has sentenced T.J. Lane, the Ohio teen charged with shooting three students to death and wounding three others last February, to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Lane showed up to his sentencing wearing a white T-shirt with the word "KILLER" in capital letters scrawled on it -- the same word police say he had emblazoned on his shirt the day of the shootings at Chardon High School.

Lane, 18, pleaded guilty last month to all charges against him in the Feb. 27, 2012, shootings, in which he opened fire on a cafeteria table full of students in the rural community of Chardon.
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In a brief statement during his sentencing on Tuesday, Lane flipped his middle finger at people in the courtroom, which included family members of his victims, reported NBC affiliate WKYC.com. He revealed his "KILLER" T-shirt to the court once he was inside, taking off a blue button-down he had worn on the way in, the station reported.

Three students -- Demetrius Hewlin, 16; Russell King Jr., 17; and Daniel Parmertor, 16 -- were killed last February. Nate Mueller and Joy Rickers were wounded, as was Nick Walczak, who is paralyzed from the waist down, according to Reuters.

Lane has not given a motive for the shootings, which rocked the tiny town 30 miles outside Cleveland. He gave only a short, defiant statement in the courtroom on Tuesday: "This hand that pulled the trigger that killed your sons now I master#### to the memory. F--- all of you."

Gasps were heard in the courtroom as Lane then proceeded to stick up his middle finger at both his own relatives and those of his victims, The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported. Some people started crying.

Geauga County Judge David Fuhry sentenced Lane to three life sentences without eligibility for parole for three counts of murder, plus 8 years for a fourth count of attempted aggravated murder, 6 years for a fifth count of attempted aggravated murder, and 6 years for a sixth count of felonious assault.

In handing him the sentences, Fuhry said Lane lacked remorse for the killings, which he planned on his own. Fuhry called the shootings a "merciless rampage," according to WKYC.com.

The families of the boys who died in the shooting have attended every one of Lane’s court hearings, The Plain Dealer said. Other victims' family members also attended Tuesday's sentencing, and read statements to the court ahead of Lane's sentencing.

"Because of you, our quiet little town will never be the same. Why? Why did you do it? Why?" Holly Walczak, mother of paralyzed victim Nick Walczak, said in court on Tuesday. Lane smiled as she read her statement, The Plain Dealer reported.

Lane lived with his grandparents and attended an alternative school for students who haven't succeeded in traditional schools. He was waiting for the bus to his school from Chardon High when he began shooting from a .22-caliber semiautomatic Ruger handgun last February, according to police reports.
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Sounds to me like this scumbag has voluntarily revoked his right to continue breathing.

I believe in the death penalty and this kid is one I'd give it to.
 
Stoked said:
I believe in the death penalty and this kid is one I'd give it to.
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Of course I thought the same thing. But for some reason this article left out the fact that he wasn't subject to the death penalty because he was under 18 when he committed the crime (Ohio State Law apparently)
 
I'd be interested to know what this kid's background is, that makes him believe it's him against the world.

It's incredibly sad that someone's life could come to this.
 
Bronco70 said:
I'd be interested to know what this kid's background is, that makes him believe it's him against the world.

It's incredibly sad that someone's life could come to this.
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The article states he lived with his grandparents. Not having your parents around can screw up any kid.
 
Beantown said:
The article states he lived with his grandparents. Not having your parents around can screw up any kid.
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Yeah that can be hard but no excuse. Nothing is an excuse for this.

I know that you did not mean it as an excuse.
 
Beantown said:
The article states he lived with his grandparents. Not having your parents around can screw up any kid.
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nightmare3983 said:
Plenty of people grow up without their parents around without getting as screwed up as this kid.
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Some kids who grow up without their parents do just fine. But those who don't, the lack of that connection is probably a big factor.

A story I related in the "schooling" thread; last school year there was a kid who would bully my autistic son relentlessly. We repeatedly had to pursue relief through school channels. I came to find out that this kid's parents flat out didn't want him, so the grandparents had taken custody. But they really don't care, and this kid basically takes care of himself. He gets no reinforcement or help at home, so he uses other kids as an outlet for his frustration. I don't think it's a valid excuse to bully, but I found that my anger with him turned largely into pity.
 
Bronco70 said:
I'd be interested to know what this kid's background is, that makes him believe it's him against the world.

It's incredibly sad that someone's life could come to this.
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Exactly the thoughts I've had reading this.


Stoked said:
Yeah that can be hard but no excuse. Nothing is an excuse for this.

I know that you did not mean it as an excuse.
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And of course no excuse for murder, but thinking what may have led his conscience gone anti-social leads me to think that this situation may not be as far as we think to us.
 
Yea I didn't mean it as an excuse but without his parents being in his life that probably affected him.

He still should burn in hell, there is no excuse for those actions and having no remorse.
 
Bronco70 said:
Someone this far gone probably needs to be kept away from society permanently.
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I am not for placing all these obviously deranged people on taxpayer dime for the rest of their lives. Hang them with the rope you hung the last guy with. Pass sentence, take them out back and hang them. No 35 years of BS, no last meal, no nothing. They do not deserve even those small favors after what they have done. They deserve death and the taxpayers deserve to be rid of them for as cheap as possible.

I'd give the death penatly to mass murderers, leaders of server gangs (think Drug cartel bosses), serial killers, serial/violent rapists and child molesters (not statutory). Society is better off without your stain.
 
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