Principal’s killer gets 40 years

Published November 23, 2010 5:00am ET



The teenager who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting death of a D.C. middle school principal received a sentence of life in prison Tuesday with all but 40 years suspended.

Alante Saunders, 19, was sentenced by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge John Debelius III,  who accepted Saunders’ plea on Nov. 8 in the shooting death of Brian Betts in his Silver Spring home.

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