Photos: Ohio high school shooter gets 3 life sentences
March 19, 2013
T.J. Lane is handcuffed by a sheriff's deputy after sentencing Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Chardon, Ohio. Lane, was given three lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole Tuesday for opening fire last year in a high school cafeteria in a rampage that left three students dead and three others wounded. 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 didn't know why he did it. 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. (AP Photo/The News-Herald, Duncan Scott, Pool) ( School Shooting Ohio )
T.J. Lane, a suspect in Monday's shooting of five students at Chardon High School is taken into juvenile court by Geauga County deputies in Chardon, Ohio on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. Three of the five students wounded in the attacks have since died. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) ( APTOPIX School Shooting )
T.J. Lane unbuttons his shirt during sentencing on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Chardon, Ohio. Lane was given three lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole Tuesday for opening fire last year in a high school cafeteria in a rampage that left three students dead and three others wounded. 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 didn't know why he did it. 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. (AP Photo/The News-Herald, Duncan Scott, Pool) ( School Shooting Ohio )
Philip Carter, brother of Demetrius Hewlin, reads a statement on behalf of his mother, during the sentencing of T.J. Lane on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Chardon, Ohio. Lane was given three lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole Tuesday for opening fire last year in a high school cafeteria in a rampage that left three students dead and three others wounded. Hewlin was one of three students killed. Lane, 18, had pleaded guilty last month to shooting at students in February 2012 at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. (AP Photo/The News-Herald, Duncan Scott, Pool) ( School Shooting Ohio )
T.J. Lane smirks as he listens to the judge during sentencing Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Chardon, Ohio. Lane, was given three lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole Tuesday for opening fire last year in a high school cafeteria in a rampage that left three students dead and three others wounded. 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 didn't know why he did it. 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. (AP Photo/The News-Herald, Duncan Scott, Pool) ( School Shooting Ohio )
Defense attorney Ian Friedman, left, talks with T.J. Lane during sentencing Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Chardon, Ohio. Lane, was given three lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole on Tuesday for opening fire last year in a high school cafeteria in a rampage that left three students dead and three others wounded. Lane, 18, had pleaded guilty last month to shooting at students in February 2012 at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. (AP Photo/The News-Herald, Duncan Scott, Pool) ( School Shooting Ohio )
Chardon High School students march to the square in Chardon, Ohio for a memorial ceremony for three classmates who died in a school shooting rampage one year ago, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. The march ended at the courthouse where 18-year-old shooter T.J. Lane pleaded guilty to all charges. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) ( School Shooting Ohio )
Two students hug at a memorial service in Chardon, Ohio Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 during a march to a memorial ceremony for three classmates who died in a school shooting rampage one year ago, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. The march ended at the courthouse where 18-year-old shooter T.J. Lane pleaded guilty to all charges in February. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) ( School Shooting Ohio )
Chardon High School students walk under a large American flag on the town square in Chardon, Ohio Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 during a memorial march for 3 students killed in a shooting at the school last year. Students walked from the school to the town square for a memorial commemoration. The march ended at the courthouse where 18-year-old shooter T.J. Lane pleaded guilty to all charges in February. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) ( School Shooting Ohio )
Residents sign guest books for the families of students killed in a school shooting, at a memorial on the one-year anniversary of the shootings, in Chardon, Ohio Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Students at Chardon High School walked arm-in-arm in the damp cold Wednesday afternoon from the school to the town square for a memorial commemoration. The march ended at the courthouse where 18-year-old shooter T.J. Lane pleaded guilty to all charges in February. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) ( School Shooting Ohio )
Sadie Lane, sister of T.J. Lane, reads a statement to the media after the sentencing of T.J. Lane on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 in Chardon, Ohio. Lane, was given three lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole Tuesday for opening fire last year in a high school cafeteria in a rampage that left three students dead and three others wounded. Lane, 18, had pleaded guilty last month to shooting at students in February 2012 at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. (AP Photo/The News-Herald, Jeff Forman) ( School Shooting Ohio )
T.J. Lane is escorted into the Geauga county courthouse Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in Chardon, Ohio. Lane, 18, charged with killing three students at an Ohio high school a year ago, will enter a guilty plea during a court hearing later Tuesday morning, said attorney Ian Friedman. Lane's appearance in the courtroom comes one day before the anniversary of the deadly shootings at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Ohio School Shooting )
Dina Parmertor, mother of victim Daniel, speaks during the sentencing of T.J. Lane Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Chardon, Ohio. Lane, was given three lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole Tuesday for opening fire last year in a high school cafeteria in a rampage that left three students dead and three others wounded. Lane, 18, had pleaded guilty last month to shooting at students in February 2012 at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. (AP Photo/The News-Herald, Duncan Scott, Pool) ( School Shooting Ohio )
Defense attorney Ian Friedman, left, looks on as T.J. Lane makes and obscene gesture to the victims' families in court Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Chardon, Ohio. Lane was given three lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole Tuesday for opening fire last year in a high school cafeteria in a rampage that left three students dead and three others wounded. Lane, 18, had pleaded guilty last month to shooting at students in February 2012 at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. (AP Photo/The News-Herald, Duncan Scott, Pool) ( School Shooting Ohio )
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