"Defiant teen gets 3 life sentences in Ohio shooting" by Thomas J. Sheeran | Associated Press, March 20, 2013
CHARDON, Ohio — Wearing a T-shirt with ‘‘killer’’ scrawled across it, a teenager cursed and gestured obscenely as he was given three life sentences Tuesday for shooting to death three students in an Ohio high school cafeteria.
T.J. Lane, 18, had pleaded guilty last month to shooting at students in February 2012 at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. Investigators have said he admitted to the shooting but said he did not know why he did it.
Word is he was bullied.
See: Teen charged in Ohio school shooting pleads guilty
Before the case went to adult court last year, a juvenile court judge ruled that Lane was mentally competent to stand trial despite evidence he suffers from hallucinations, psychosis, and fantasies.
Was he ON ANY PRESCRIPTION PHARMACEUTICALS?
Lane was defiant during the sentencing, smiling and smirking throughout....
Dina Parmertor, mother of victim Daniel, called Lane ‘‘a pathetic excuse for a human being’’ and wished upon him ‘‘an extremely, slow torturous death.’’ She said she has nightmares and her family has been physically sick over the crimes....
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Also see: Bits and Pieces From Ohio
