Andrews died two days later, a day shy of his 34th birthday. Strano and another skateboarder had apparently cut off Andrews as he was driving, and Andrews got out of his car to confront the young men. Strano struck Andrews over the head with his skateboard during an altercation on University Way Northeast. Strano was originally charged with second-degree murder in the April slaying of Andrews, a real-estate agent, Mercer Island High School graduate, and father of a two sons in a tight Greek-American family. Strano and once by the justice system,' said Andrews' tearful mother, Rothopi Andrews. 'I feel my son has been murdered twice - once by Mr. It's a situation that was hard to fathom yesterday for an emotional crowd of family and friends of the man Strano killed, Demetri Andrews, as they gathered in King County Superior Court to eulogize and ask for justice. In receiving his sentence for first-degree manslaughter, Strano joins only a handful of recent killers statewide who will gain years of freedom thanks to a controversial state Supreme Court ruling last year that barred them from being charged with second-degree murder.Īnd the state Legislature's passage this week of a bill fixing the loophole won't matter. It could have been a lot worse for Timothy R.

Y la persona más cercana es North, es con el que tengo que tener más cuidado.Despite his plea for leniency and a promise to straighten up his life, a 23-year-old man was sentenced yesterday to 7-½ years in prison for beating a man to death with a skateboard last spring in Seattle's University District. Con tanto en juego, es imperativo mantener mi secreto seguro. Peor aún, podría perderla mi amado hermano. La pena por fraude en esta escuela exclusiva es mucho peor que una simple expulsión- podría perder una mano. Ahora las consecuencias de mi engaño vuelven a perseguirme. Se hizo aún peor cuando me asignaron a mi compañero de cuarto North-el hermoso pero enigmático que me salvó varias veces de los ataques del matón. Pero las cosas se pusieron complicadas cuando atrapé a Broward, el matón de la escuela, en una posición comprometedora. Comenzó como una broma cuando tomé el lugar de mi hermano.

Solo hay un problema: la Academia es una escuela de chicos y soy una chica. Soy el mejor de todas mis clases, lo que llaman un “estudiante modelo”. “Donde las cosas no siempre son lo que parecen… Mi nombre es Kris Jameson y soy estudiante de la Royal Academy.

The Academy by Emmaline Andrews