Brittany Glas @BrittanyGlasTV 7m7 minutes ago
Proceeding now to sentencing.
Criner is sentenced to LIFE in prison.
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Alyssa Goard @AlyssaMGoard 2m2 minutes ago
Alyssa Goard Retweeted Brittany Glas
The defense told us there will be a
possibility of parole after 40 years
Brittany Glas @BrittanyGlasTV 6m6 minutes ago
Dr. Thomas Weiser, Haruka's father, is being called to the stand now to address Criner before he is taken into custody.
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Ryan Autullo @AutulloAAS 10m10 minutes ago
Weiser, reading from prepared notes: "You almost got away with it. It was almost too easy. So easy you were itching to do it again."
Brittany Glas @BrittanyGlasTV 5m5 minutes ago
"What can a father say to the one that killed his father? What could possibly make a difference...? You killed my daughter. You brutally raped her and then you mercilessly killed her," he said. "The truth of that means nothing to you. You almost got away with it."
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Brittany Glas @BrittanyGlasTV 5m5 minutes ago
"I thought the prosecution did a great job. With all due respect, they got one thing wrong..." they said Haruka did not prevail... "I think you messed with the wrong girl that night," her father said to Criner.
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Ryan Autullo @AutulloAAS 7m7 minutes ago
Weiser: "She was the first victim in what you hoped to be a long run of unsolved murders. She helped stop a serial killer in his tracks."
Brittany Glas @BrittanyGlasTV 4m4 minutes ago
"You believe in coincidence, because I don't..." Was it a coincidence that those kind firemen held your bike for you with your name on it? I don't...
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Molly OakVerified account @MollyAndAMic 1m1 minute ago
"Haruka did not choose to sacrifice herself, you made that choice for her," Weiser says. "But she will never die in vain."
Brittany Glas @BrittanyGlasTV 3m3 minutes ago
"In the end, she did prevail. You will never, ever do these things again," Haruka's father tells Criner. "She didn't die in vain. We'll never know how many lives she saved in her death." She was the first victim in what would have been a long line of unsolved murders.
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Molly OakVerified account @MollyAndAMic 4m4 minutes ago
"I think you messed with the wrong girl that night," Weiser says.
Ryan Autullo @AutulloAAS 6m6 minutes ago
Weiser tells Criner parole board will need to build a new room to hold all of the letters he sends discouraging them from letting Criner free. Weiser will be 93 when Criner is first eligible for parole.
Megan Menchaca @meganmenchaca13 4m4 minutes ago
Weiser ends his emotional speech directly to Criner by saying "May God have mercy on your soul."
Brittany Glas @BrittanyGlasTV 3m3 minutes ago
Criner is remanded into the custody now of the Travis County Sheriff's Office.
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Brittany Glas @BrittanyGlasTV 2m2 minutes ago
Criner has exited the courtroom.
Court is in recess.
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