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18 Year Old Draws 45 Year Prison Term
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) -- A Peoria County judge has sentenced a teenager to 45 years in prison for last March's fatal shooting of a pregnant 19 year old girl.

In passing sentence Wednesday on 18 year old Preston Marizetts, Circuit Court Judge James Shadid told people assembled in the courtroom that he found the shooting totally senseless.

Police say the victim, Jasmine Brittine, was killed accidentally when she was caught in crossfire while trying to convince two groups of young men to stop fighting.

The Journal Star says 45 year sentence was the minimum allowable as jurors in September found he used a handgun, which added 25 years onto the 20 to 60 year prison range. Under state law, Marizetts must serve 100 percent of his sentence, meaning that he will likely be in his early 60s when he is released from prison.

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