INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The 30-year prison sentence an Indiana teenager received for shooting a former classmate at a middle school isn’t out of line for someone convicted of attempted murder, a state appeals court ruled Monday.
Michael Phelps’ attorney claimed the sentence was inappropriate because the judge didn’t consider Phelps’ mental health or his remorse for the March 2011 shooting just inside an entrance to Martinsville West Middle School. The appeals court rejected those arguments.
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