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Illinois woman, Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath, sentenced to life in prison for plot to commit mass murder at Canadian mall

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header id&equals;"ra-headers">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Illinois woman sentenced to life in prison for plot to commit mass <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">murder at Canadian mall&comma; three years ago<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath of  Geneva&comma; Ill&period; along with two accomplices&comma; James Gamble and Randall Steven Shepard&comma; plotted a Valentine&&num;8217&semi;s Day shooting rampage at a Canadian mall was sentenced to life in prison on Friday with no chance of parole for nearly a decade&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Souvannarath&comma; 26&comma; was arraigned in a court in Halifax&comma; Nova Scotia&comma; Canada&comma; in 2015<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>She pled guilty last year to conspiracy to commit mass murder at the mall in Halifax&comma; Nova Scotia&comma; in 2015<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Peter Rosinski described Souvannarath&comma; who had shown no remorse for her plot to senselessly kill people&comma; as an unrepentant threat to society <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>The dastardly plot was foiled by an anonymous tip&comma; leading to Souvannarath&&num;8217&semi;s arrest as after she  had boarded a Nova Scotia-bound plane in Chicago  <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Her co-conspirator&comma; James Gamble&comma; killed himself as police surrounded his Halifax-area home<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Randall Steven Shepherd&comma; a third accomplice&comma; was also arrested at the airport and was sentenced to 10 years in jail for being a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;cheerleader” of the plot<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap">&NewLine;<aside id&equals;"ra-left">&NewLine;<section class&equals;"ra-meta">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-date-published">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-291793" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Lindsay-Kantha-Souvannarath-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath 1" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"804" &sol;>Mass killing lover and accused bombing suspect Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath arrives at court in Halifax&comma; Nova Scotia&comma; Canada&comma; March 6&comma; 2015<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>A Geneva&comma; Ill&period; woman who plotted a Valentine&&num;8217&semi;s Day shooting rampage at a Canadian mall was sentenced to life in prison on Friday with no chance of parole for nearly a decade&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;<&sol;aside>&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body">Lindsay Souvannarath&comma; 26&comma; pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to commit mass murder at a mall in Halifax&comma; Nova Scotia&comma; in 2015&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Peter Rosinski described Souvannarath as an unrepentant threat to society&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He said she expressed no remorse for her plot to senselessly kill people&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Souvannarath declined to address the court prior to her sentencing&comma; according to reports&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rosinski said an anonymous tip and swift police action thwarted the planned attack on unsuspecting shoppers&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Former high school classmates described Souvannarath who graduated in 2014 with a bachelor of arts in English and creative writing from Coe College&comma; a liberal arts college in Cedar Rapids&comma; Iowa&comma; said she displayed a &&num;8220&semi;creepy&&num;8221&semi; interest in Nazis&comma; while in high school&period; She was also credited with such as comments like &&num;8220&semi;stupid people deserved to die&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Another former classmate said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;She was in my writing club and her writing was so violent and gory and visceral&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-291792" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Randall-Steven-Shepard-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Randall Steven Shepard 1" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"798" &sol;>Third accomplice&comma; Randall Steven Shepherd leaves court in Halifax&comma; Nova Scotia&comma; Canada&comma; March 6&comma; 2015&period; He is serving 10 years for his role in the plot<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>At sentencing Justice Peter Rosinski &comma; said he followed principles that apply to terrorism in issuing the sentence&period; His aim was to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;send a clear message” to would-be murderers&comma; adding that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;they will pay a heavy price&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The judge gave Souvannarath credit for time served in custody&comma; making her eligible for parole in seven years&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;then 23-year-old Souvannarath had boarded a Nova Scotia-bound plane in Chicago when police received the tip that led to her arrest&period; Her Canadian co-conspirator&comma; James Gamble&comma; 19&comma; killed himself as police surrounded his Halifax-area home&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The 20-year-old Randall Steven Shepherd&comma; also from Geneva&comma; Ill&period;&comma; a third accomplice&comma; was also arrested at the airport and was sentenced to 10 years in jail for being a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;cheerleader” of the plot&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The judge entered new letters into evidence from Souvannarath’s parents and grandparents&comma; who were present in court&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Souvannarath and Gamble were both unemployed and living with their parents when they hatched the plot&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Their online correspondence shows the pair held the Columbine High School killers in high esteem&period; They divulged their shared admiration for mass shootings as they conspired to kill as many people as possible at the Halifax Shopping Center food court&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"rtl"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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