Alex Letkemann sentencing Wed 4/23/08

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http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080420/NEWS16/804200581

Alexander Letkemann, on the other hand, still has to wait out Judge Annette Berry's decision. The 18-year-old from Westland, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Daniel Sorensen, got a deal from the Wayne County prosecutor, who agreed to a sentence recommendation of 20-30 years.

Wednesday at 9:00 am

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http://www.wxyz.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=ef435a5e-894f-40a4-930d-28f6196bcaa8&rss=785

Letkemann sentenced today.

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After the Sentencing: Sadness, Forgiveness
DETROIT (AP) - One of two teenagers charged in the slaying, burning and beheading of a man was sentenced Wednesday to 20 to 30 years in prison.

Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Annette Berry sentenced Alexander Letkemann in the Nov. 7 slaying of Daniel Sorensen, 26.

Letkemann, 18, also was sentenced to three to 10 years for mutilation of a corpse. The sentences will run concurrently.

He received a stern lecture from Berry, who asked why Letkemann didn't do something to stop his friend, Jean Pierre Orlewicz, from killing Sorensen in a Canton Township garage belonging to Orlewicz' grandfather.

"This was a premeditated, calculated act. Nothing short of violent, sadistic pleasure," said Berry, leaning forward toward Letkemann in the Detroit courtroom.

"This is what the court doesn't understand. What's missing inside? There's something missing here, fundamentally missing and it's called compassion for human life."

He couldn't find a reason for his actions, Letkemann told Berry.

Compassion is not a learned behavior, either you have it or you don't!

I see this judge wasn't lenient...good for him.

[lovelaw]

Compassion is not a learned behavior, either you have it or you don't!

I see this judge wasn't lenient...good for him.

Thank you for the info.!~

[lovelaw]

Compassion is not a learned behavior, either you have it or you don't!

I see this judge wasn't lenient...good for him.

Thank you, also!~