SPOKANE, Wash. — The Freeman High School shooter has been resentenced to 25 years to life for shooting four students, killing one in 2017.
Sharpe appeared in court Friday and was addressed by the mother of the boy he killed, Sam Strahan.
“Sam lost his life to the soulless man who sits in this courtroom,” said Ami Strahan.
The prosecution said they reached out to the other families of victims offering to the opportunity to testify but they declined.
The State also said it is horrifying that all the parties missed the legal statute that led to Friday’s resentencing forcing the families to relive this experience.
During proceedings, the defense said Sharpe accepted the State’s recommendation of 25 years to life though he would have been within his rights to fight for a lower sentence.
The defense said Sharpe wants a chance to rehabilitate himself.
Sharpe also spoke on his own behalf saying he knows there’s nothing he could do to make up for what he’s done. Sharpe talked about some of the rehabilitation he is undergoing including education and other ways to better himself but is not seeking to minimize what he’s done.
Sharpe was originally sentenced to 40 years to life in prison, but the Washington Court of Appeals determined because he was under the age of 16 at the time of the crime, Sharpe could not serve a fixed term of more than 25 years.
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