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...Andrew Wurst, 17 --14 when crime committed --Tried as an adult in Pennsylvania --Killed a science teacher; wounded two students --Serving 30 to 60 years; eligible for parole at age 45 LIFE NOW No friends visit. Wears a hat during family visits to reduce eye contact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life On The Inside | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...Pennsylvania, the mother of Andrew Wurst, who opened fire on his middle-school dance in 1998, killing a teacher, has battled prison officials to upgrade her son's therapy. She has been rebuffed. So Wurst remains totally delusional, according to psychiatrist Robert Sadoff, who examined him. Sadoff wrote that Wurst believes "he is real but everyone else is unreal." That includes the teacher he killed, John Gilette, who in Wurst's mind "was already dead or unreal." Wurst told Sadoff that, excepting himself, everyone has been programmed by the government by means of "time tablets" that control people's thoughts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Young Voices From The Cell | 5/20/2001 | See Source »

...When Wurst showed up at that eighth-grade graduation dance, he wasn't acting as an adult. He was acting like a copycat, just coming out of that last stage of childish imitation when young people like to copy everything that people older and (supposedly) cooler do. The two Arkansas boys were just acting the way they have seen America treat women: If she doesn't do what you say, strike her down. Violence against women is frowned upon in this country, but it is not considered important enough for more than a slap on the wrist. Take Back...

Author: By Caille M. Millner, | Title: Complicit In Crime | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...have respect for human life, why should kids? It takes a case like Andrew Wurst or the Arkansas school slayings for us to shake our heads, and then we only shake our heads to say they are monsters and must be locked away for life...

Author: By Caille M. Millner, | Title: Complicit In Crime | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...most part they do. But they don't get to be children, and therefore they lack the upbringing part while they exhibit the behavior part. They know what adults do and they're allowed to do what adults do, but the sense of responsibility is missing. Wurst and the Arkansas schoolboys are going to be in for a rude surprise when they find out that they can't get out of this...

Author: By Caille M. Millner, | Title: Complicit In Crime | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

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