“The sentence is fair and just, but...
“The sentence is fair and just, but it won’t bring my son back.”
--La Tricia Thompson, as reputed gang member Andre West, 18, was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison for the fatal shooting of her son, Antoine Thompson, also 18, at Fairfax High School during an argument over use of a pay phone in September, 1986.
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