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(May 15, 2008)--A Texas teenager was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for murdering a Tennessee state trooper.

Under the sentence handed down in Covington, Tenn., 18-year-old Alejandro Gauna of Austin will be eligible to apply for parole in 51 years.

A trial jury convicted Gauna on Wednesday of first-degree murder for shooting Trooper Calvin Jenks during a traffic stop near Covington in January 2007.

Gauna's jury had two sentencing choices, life in prison without parole or life with the possibility of parole in 51 years.

When the jury was unable to reach a decision, Judge Joseph Walker stepped in and issued the only sentence available to him, life with a chance at parole.

Gauna will be 69 years old when that chance comes around.
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Posted by: Anonymous on May 17, 2008 at 11:51 AM
You know Donald! why don't you go bite your toe nails or something productive other than making dumb comments on the web. The punk shot the officer because he was caught..Some one lost a loved one because this punk didn't want to go to jail for something HE DID!!!!! You know,it sounds like you must be a punk worthless thug yourself donald.
Posted by: donald Location: texas on May 16, 2008 at 07:34 PM
Well no one is saying what the officer did to aggravate the youngster!
Posted by: amazed Location: Waco on May 16, 2008 at 01:43 PM
Someone actually got a life sentence for murder...I cant believe it. I thought you had to be a drug dealer to get that.
Posted by: Tamara Location: Waco on May 16, 2008 at 09:01 AM
At 18 you have ruined your entire life, that is sad!
Posted by: William Location: Killeen on May 16, 2008 at 03:26 AM
He is lucky that he didn't get a trial here in the Great State of Texas, he would have gotten DEATH!
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