need to kill Austin asy I really did it you think I did this I didn't mean to Hur him in the dly lit courtroom tension hung thick in the air as the judge's gavel [Music] echoed delivering a verdict that would reverberate through the lives of the youngest gang members in the city is not sufficiently substantial to call for leniency and that a natural life sentence is appropriate as the heavy doors clanged shut a collective gas escaped from the gallery of onlookers echoing the disbelief that gripped the room the accused whose faces were marked by a mix of defiance and fear stood Frozen in the harsh reality of their Fates we'll start with Brandon Spencer I'm not a bad person but I made mistakes but I'm not just some gang banger that she tried to betray me as a 21-year-old guy was given given a 40-year to life term for shooting and hurting four people outside of A USC Halloween party in 2012 after firing shots outside of the black student assembly sponsored party on October 31 2012 Brandon Spencer was found guilty of four counts of attempted murder during the trial the prosecutors said that Spencer shot someone because he was in a fight with a rival gang member and that he was a documented well-known gang member himself he begged the judge to be lenient asking for a second chance at life 3D this is to be concurrent with the principal terms has to count he became angry when the judge told him his sentence according to officials early this year Spencer heard that he had been found guilty he then threw over a chair and begged the officers to shoot him made mistakes but I'm not just some gang banger that she tried to betray me as because none of the four people who were shot were USC students including Spencer the school now makes all guests register before they can come on campus between 900 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. next up we have dantri this year was supposed to be a year of celebration of senior pictures with prom and graduation and parties instead it was a nightmare an Ann aror man was sentenced for the shooting death of a high school student in Ann Arbor during the hearing the judge in wona County took away his smile Judge David S Schwarz of wona county trial court I'm very tempted to just say I'm not going to accept this sentence agreement we'll go to trial and if you're convicted of felony murder you'll go to prison for the rest of your life that means you'll die there let prosecutors think again about their plea deal and term of 25 to 52 years in jail after seeing 17-year-old denta right smile sentenced by the parties but watching you sit there smile and laugh and shake your head like this was no big deal while the mother of murdered Pioneer High School student Jordan CLE cried Wright seemed to be comforted by a loved one in the courtroom as C's grandfather her crying mother Karen CLE and her cousin gave a victim impact statement Wright smiled and shook his head they talked about how much the Pioneer High School student loved Sports including the prom and holidays he would have missed they also talked about how sad they were about his death Jordan has no future Jordan can no longer choose to go to college Jordan can no longer choose to change when Reich got to speak he told the judge that all he wanted was his plea deal and sentence and he was going to be home soon he also said he loved his family and rip Keon tell y'all I'll be home soon RP Keon I love my family which seemed to be a reference to the death of Keon Washington in 2014 which was thought to be connected to gangs now we will talk about Carpio Brothers gang members were sentenced today for killing a teenager on a high school campus in the valley two teenage boys were given their sentences for their part in the death of a student by stabbing at Cleveland High School in Rosita in 2013 two men Anthony Carpio and Michael Steven Carpio were each given 16 years to live in prison the two carpos were both in a street gang each of them was found guilty of killing Kevin Orana in the second degree orela was not a part of any gang a third codefendant 21-year-old Michelle panita was given two years in county jail after pleading not guilty to one criminal count of being an agent after the fact with knowledge of a crime as Orel played volleyball at Grover Cleveland High School on April 24 2013 the brothers came up to him the prosecutor said according to the evidence in court the suspects made a gang dare which led to a fight people who were there said that that Anthony Carpio stabbed Orana during the fight Marcus said that the Carpio Brothers then hit a car that panita was driving Randy page of CBS 2 said that the Carpio brothers were expressionless in the vanise courtroom when Judge Martin hovitz gave the sentence all he was doing Marcus read a victim impact statement that oran's family had written before he was sentenced as parents we can't wait to dance at their wedding as a parent we plan to dance at their wedding celebrate their promotion and maybe even have grandchildren celebrate a promotion look forward to possible grandchildren as the statement said the last thing we would ever think about is having to plan their funeral thought we would ever have is that we will have to plan their funeral the boys won't be able to get out of jail until at least 2028 lastly we will discuss the case of Martis Fuller only took a few hours for a jury to convict a Kenosha tetin of murdering his former girlfriend Martin Fuller became emotional after the verdict was read this afternoon Kaye juga was killed in Kenesha County in 2019 Martis Fuller was found guilty and given a life term without the chance of release Fuller was charged as an adult with criminally causing death attempting to cause death and breaking into a house with a gun he told the police that he was not guilty in March 2021 a jury said he was guilty we the jury find the defendant guilty of first-degree intentional homicide is the government says that jaa's ex-boyfriend Fuller broke into her house shot her and killed her she had music on in her bedroom at the time Stephanie juga told the judge I miss my daughter so much at her sentencing she was always with me whether we were shopping going to the gym going to Starbucks watching Netflix listening to music in the car or just dancing around the kitchen we were shopping going to the gym going to Starbucks watching that Netflix jamming in the car to music or just dancing like crazy in the kitchen she was always by my side and she was my biggest cheerleader Jenga said she was my biggest fan now I am lost Michael gravley the DA for Kenesha county says this is a case of domestic abuse his attorney read a statement that Martis Fuller wrote in court he said he was sorry but didn't say why pefully I am sorry about the pain you've all suffered through he just said he's innocent the lawyer read out loud for Fuller but I have to continue to stand innocent because I am but I have to continue to stand innocent because I am and I know that I haven't shown much emotion during my time however the real reason is that it's hard to cry when I think about how my mom lost a son one of her children Fuller's lawyer asked the court if there was a chance that he could be under more control in 25 to 30 years the judge agreed with the state and gave Fuller a life term without the chance of release when judge Mary K Wagner spoke she said that Fuller did not have a damaged childhood or a background of mental illness jaa's mom says she heard her daughter scream from upstairs in 2019 she talked about how she stood next to Fuller while he pointed a gun at her and told him you don't have to do this his answer was yes I have to at the time they were both 15 years old and top students at Bradford High School the mother also told the police that Fuller shot her several times when she tried to close the door after that she locked herself in the bathroom and called the police Stephanie juka's mother spoke in court about her daughter if 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