-Caveat Lector- Teen-Ager Gets 70 Years for Murder By JOHN CURRAN .c The Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) -- Portrayed as both victim and criminal, a teen-ager who admitted to killing an 11-year-old boy apologized as he was sentenced to 70 years in prison. Sam Manzie, 17, described by prosecutors as a sociopath ``programmed to have sex, rape and kill,'' told the victim's parents he doesn't know how he got that way: ``I still can't figure out why I did what I did.'' He will have plenty of time to think about it. A judge ordered Manzie to serve at least 59 1/2 years in prison before becoming eligible for parole. Eddie Werner was strangled after he came to Manzie's house selling items for the PTA in 1997. Prosecutors said Manzie killed the boy for rejecting his sexual advances. He later shot a photo of the boy's half-naked body, a necktie and alarm clock cord around his neck. With his head bowed, Manzie calmly read a statement of apology, saying he was sorry ``for all of the suffering I've put so many people through.'' He ha pleaded guilty to murder. The apology came during an emotional 2 1/2-hour courtroom drama Wednesday in which Manzie's mother was ejected for an angry outburst and Werner's grieving parents called for a life prison term. The Manzies blamed psychiatrists and other mental health experts for not locking their son up before he killed the boy. His parents asked a judge to do so less than a week before the killing, but the judge released Manzie to his parents' custody. ``We were told over and over and over again that he wasn't violent, that he wouldn't hurt anybody,'' Dolores Manzie said. But the judge ordered her removed from the courtroom later when a prosecutor said she had threatened to kill herself if doctors did not agree to commit her son to full-time care. ``Take him for a week and tell me you'd be able to handle it!'' she screamed. ``I couldn't handle my child anymore. At least I admitted it.'' DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
