-Caveat Lector- http://www.apbnews.com/newscenter/breakingnews/2001/03/27/story_white_supremacist_sentenced.html LOS ANGELES (AP) _ White supremacist Buford O. Furrow was sentenced to life in prison after apologizing for killing a postal worker and wounding five people at a Jewish center. ``I want to try, although it is impossible, to convey my deep sorrow,'' the 39-year-old said Monday as he read a statement in a courtroom filled with sobbing victims of his 1999 shooting rampage and their relatives. ``I think about what happened every day and I will grieve for it every day for the rest of my life,'' he said. U.S. District Judge Nora Manella imposed two life sentences without possibility of parole, plus 110 years in prison and payment of dlrs 690,294 in restitution. Furrow blamed mental illness, saying he wished he had been confined to a mental hospital to which he tried to commit himself before the shootings. He insisted he did not harbor hatred for his victims because of race or religion. ``I'm sorry for how I traumatized your lives,'' he said to families in the courtroom. ``I would give anything for this not to have happened.'' Furrow stormed into the North Valley Jewish Community Center on Aug. 10, 1999, and raked it with gunfire, wounding three boys, a teen-age girl and a woman. He then headed into the San Fernando Valley neighborhood and killed Filipino-American mailman Joseph Ileto. In a plea bargain, Furrow pleaded guilty in January to 16 federal charges. The slaying of Ileto was a federal offense because he was a government employee. Furrow fired more than 70 bullets into the Jewish center, which was packed with children attending day programs. Ileto, killed hours later, was shot nine times. Furrow surrendered in Las Vegas the next day, declaring he had intended to send a ``wake-up call to America to kill Jews.'' ``Your actions were a reminder that bigotry is alive,'' the judge said Monday. ``If you've sent a message, it is that even the most violent crimes can strengthen a community.'' Furrow sat at the counsel table, his hands and feet shackled, and appeared a pale and docile figure, shrunken from the swaggering, hate-filled man who first faced the court 19 months ago. His remarks were followed by emotional speeches from survivors and victims' families. The most anguished was Mindy Finkelstein, who was a 16-year-old camp counselor at the center. ``I've been to hell and back,'' she told the judge. ``Buford Furrow tried to kill me and he failed. But in a way he succeeded.'' The mother, brother and sisters of Ileto described the devastating loss to their loved-one. ``Sometimes I hope this was just a nightmare and my son will come to the front door,'' said Lillian Santos Ileto. ``But I'm afraid it's not so. I will never get over the loss of my son.'' Furrow, of Olympia, Washington, had a history of involvement with anti-Semitic groups in the Pacific Northwest, among them the Aryan Nations. He also had a history of mental problems and had tried to get help without success, his lawyers said when they argued to spare his life. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
