CHARDON, Ohio — A judge has sentenced Chardon High School shooter T.J. Lane, who fatally shot three students on campus last year, to three life terms in prison with no chance of parole.
During the sentencing, Lane, 18, wore a T-shirt with the word “killer” written across the front in black marker and laughed as the victims’ families made statements in the courtroom. When Lane was given the opportunity to make his statement, he gave a short, defiant statement with foul language before sticking up his middle finger, according to ABC News.
On Feb. 27, 2012, Lane fatally wounded Demetrius Hewlin, 16; Russell King Jr., 17; and Daniel Parmertor, 16. He also wounded Nate Mueller, Joy Rickers and Nick Walczak, who is paralyzed from the waist down.
Judge David Fuhry said Lane lacked remorse for the killings in handing him the sentencing. In addition to the three life sentences, Lane received eight years for a fourth count of attempted aggravated murder, six years for a fifth count of attempted aggravated murder and six years for a sixth count of felonious assault, NBC News reports.
Lane was not eligible for the death penalty because he was 17 at the time of the shooting.
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