Samast, who was 17 at the time of the shooting, was sentenced by a juvenile court -- saving him from receiving life without parole, the sentence the court first handed down, and then reduced.
Samast, koji je u vreme ubistva imao 17 godina, osuđen je pred maloletničkim sudom, što ga je spaslo da dobije doživotnu robiju bez mogućnosti pomilovanja, kaznu koju je sud prvo izrekao, a zatim smanjio.