Now if this teacher had been armed, maybe the State could have been saved a lot of money. Note he shot his teacher he loved so much right between the eyes.....maybe we need more vigilante's patrolling the streets and schools - volunteers, to protect our teachers and children? Maybe the KKK Needs to get a Flag like Gay Pride has as a friendly warning - for this is the beginning of civil wars once again in our streets, only whites are not to defend themselves against this vicious barbarian element in our schools and streets? NEA's solution - big bucks - insurance policy for dead teachers BUT what about the kids left at the mercy of these animals in our schools ......simple solution, the next time someone says "bussing" - join the club and getta gun and protect your children instead of forcing them to go to schools with barbarians already in the gate, waiting for them. Saba July 27, 2001 Teenager to Serve 28 Years in Prison for Killing Teacher By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) Nathaniel Brazill, 14, with his lawyer, Robert Udell, was sentenced today to 28 years in prison for the murder of his teacher. Video | WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A 14-year-old boy who shot to death his favorite teacher in a rage on the last day of school was sentenced Friday to 28 years in prison. The sentence, just three years more than the legal minimum, shocked some relatives of the victim. Nathaniel Brazill, who was tried as an adult, had faced at least a 25-year minimum sentence and up to life in prison for killing Barry Grunow at Lake Worth Middle School on May 26, 2000. Brazill, wearing a bright red jumpsuit and shackles, showed little emotion as Circuit Judge Richard Wennet rendered his decision. The 28-year sentence is without the possibility of parole or time off for good behavior. In issuing the sentence, Wennet had to decide whether the teen would be a danger to society or could be rehabilitated. But he made no public comment on his reasoning for imposing the 28-year sentence. The judge ordered the teen to earn his high school diploma, take an anger management course and spend two years in a form of house arrest after completing his sentence. He also will serve five years' probation. Defense lawyer Robert Udell said the family will appeal and will not seek clemency until the appeals process was completed. "I can tell you he's pleased. Nathaniel just wanted to know if there is a light at the end of the tunnel," Udell said. The defense had sought the minimum 25-year term. Brazill's family rejected a plea deal of 25 years offered by prosecutors before the trial. Kay Grunow, the victim's sister, said she was "extremely disappointed" with the sentence, calling it "an insult to Barry's memory." Brazill was tried as an adult and convicted in May of second-degree murder for killing the 35-year-old English teacher he called a "great man and a great teacher." Brazill had returned to school after being suspended by a counselor earlier that day for throwing water balloons. He shot Grunow after the teacher refused to let the seventh-grader talk to two girls in his class. At a daylong sentencing hearing Thursday, Brazill apologized for the first time, telling the judge: "Words cannot really explain how sorry I am, but they're all I have." Brazill insisted, however, as he did during his trial, that he didn't mean to hurt his teacher. In urging a life sentence, Grunow's mother and two brothers said Brazill was a danger to society and must be punished for the murder. "This was not an accident. I think Nathaniel should be punished to the fullest extent of the law," Phyllis Grunow, the victim's mother, said at Thursday's hearing. "I don't think any family should have to go through this." Brazill's mother, Polly Powell, also testified Thursday, sobbing and wiping away tears as she asked the Grunow family for forgiveness and begged the judge to be lenient. "Nathaniel is my first born and I love him like nobody else can. I just ask you that you please have mercy on him," Powell said. A defense witness testified that Brazill was a "pot boiling over" following his suspension and after years of silence about physical abuse of his mother by boyfriends. "All this other stuff was exploding inside of him," said Jacqueline Patterson, deputy superintendent of Milwaukee schools. Asked why Grunow was targeted, child psychologist James Gabarino, a Cornell University professor, testified that Brazill was in such a frenzy over his love life and the suspension that who the victim was "may not have mattered." [no he picked a white teacher, and a handsome man rather than a reflection of himself.....SABA NOTE] Prosecutor Marc Shiner asked for a life sentence, but made a second recommendation of 40 years in prison and probation should the judge not sentence Brazill to life. "This young man deserves to spend the rest of his life in jail without parole," Shiner said. "That's the only way we can be sure he won't hurt someone again." Grunow's widow, Pam, didn't attend Friday's sentencing. On Thursday, she told the judge that she didn't have a recommendation to the court but described her husband as a wonderful father with many friends and students who cared greatly for him. "At home he enjoyed working in his garden and being Daddy," she said. "He was devoted to us. We were his priority." 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TODAY'S HEADLINES The New York Times on the Web Saturday, July 28, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------ For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com QUOTE OF THE DAY ========================= "Sorry I have to cut it short. I have to leave now." -ABDURRAHMAN WAHID,, the ousted president of Indonesia. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/international/asia/27INDO.html?todaysheadlines NATIONAL ========================= Teenager to Serve 28 Years in Prison for Killing Teacher A judge sentenced a 14-year-old boy to 28 years in prison on today for fatally shooting his favorite teacher between the eyes on the last day of school. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/national/27WIRE-TEACHER.html?todaysheadlines ----- Condit Interviewed for a Fourth Time Police detectives, this time with F.B.I. profilers present, interviewed Representative Gary A. Condit a fourth time in the investigation into the disappearance of a former federal intern. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Condit-Missing-Woman.html?todaysheadlines ----- Many States Ceding Regulations to Church Groups Religious organizations have been seeking and winning exemptions from areas of the law from land-use regulations to health requirements. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/national/27EXEM.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE NATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html?todaysheadline /--------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------\ Sign up for Stuart Elliott?s IN ADVERTISING newsletter Now Stuart Elliott brings his expertise to IN ADVERTISING, a weekly e-mail newsletter from NYTimes.com that takes a close look at the people, campaigns and deals that are shaping the industry. This must-read newsletter features a campaign spotlight, WEBDENDA, and a roundup of the previous week's advertising columns. 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Powell said today that American officials were prepared to go anywhere at any time of North Korea's choice to resume talks. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/international/27CND-KOREA.html?todaysheadlines ----- Indonesian Ex-Chief Heads to U.S., Not Without Some Parting Shots Abdurrahman Wahid, exhausted and bitter, ended his occupation of the presidential palace in Jakarta on Thursday. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/international/asia/27INDO.html?todaysheadlines ----- Freed Chinese Scholar, Still Defiant, Returns to the U.S. After five months in a Beijing jail, American-based Chinese scholar Gao Zhan returned to the United States on Thursday. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/international/asia/27CHIN.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html?todaysheadline BUSINESS ========================= Economy Grew at 0.7 Percent in Second Quarter of 2001 The economy grew at a barely perceptible rate in the second quarter, its weakest pace in eight years, as businesses slashed spending and inventories, the government reported today. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/business/27CND-ECON.html?todaysheadlines ----- United and US Airways Call Off Merger After U.S. Opposes It United Airlines and US Airways announced today that they had called off their proposed merger after the Justice Department threatened to file a lawsuit to block the $4.3 billion deal. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/business/27CND-AIR.html?todaysheadlines ----- Stocks Finish Mixed in Light Trading Stocks ended the day little changed as Wall Street weighed conflicting reports on the economy and corporate profits. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-markets-stoc.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE BUSINESS NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html?todaysheadline TECHNOLOGY ========================= JDS Shares Fall Sharply After Company Reports Record Losses Shares of JDS Uniphase lost nearly 10 percent of their value today after the company reported what is believed to be the largest loss in business history. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/business/27CND-OPTI.html?todaysheadlines ----- At Alcatel, Profit, Job Cuts and an Executive Resignation Alcatel said it will cut its work force to reduce costs, even as it posted a quarterly profit. The company also announced the resignation of a top executive. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/technology/27ALCA.html?todaysheadlines ----- Hewlett-Packard to Cut 6,000 Jobs Hewlett-Packard said it would cut 6,000 jobs and that its revenue for the current quarter would be markedly lower than expected. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/technology/27HEWL.html?todaysheadlines ----- MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?todaysheadline POLITICS ========================= House, in Rebuke to President, Bars Easing of Arsenic Rules 19 House Republicans joined with 198 Democrats today to bar the Bush administration from easing rules on arsenic in drinking water. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/politics/27CND-WATER.html?todaysheadlines ----- Senate Backs Strict Safety Tests for Mexican Trucks in U.S. The Senate voted overwhelmingly to support efforts to impose safety standards on Mexican trucks seeking access to United States roads. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/politics/27SPEN.html?todaysheadlines ----- Rough Ride in House: G.O.P. 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