Principal’s killer sentenced to 40 years

Published November 24, 2010 5:00am ET



The District teen who pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of Shaw Middle School principal Brian Betts received a life sentence 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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