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He will spend an additional three years under state Department of Corrections extended supervision while out of prison.

He has been ordered to maintain full-time employment, not drink alcohol or use illegal drugs and cannot have contact with Cornell or Sturtz.

Brown County Circuit Judge J.D. McKay also ordered William Cornell, 18, to serve six years of extended supervision and five years of probation for conspiracy to commit first-degree intentional homicide.

Cornell also will serve three years in prison and two years of extended supervision concurrent with the other term for possession of explosives. McKay withheld sentencing on a charge of possession of a short-barreled shotgun.

A charge of damage to property by means of explosives was dropped as part of a plea bargain.

McKay ordered Cornell to seek counseling, perform 50 hours of community service and not associate with any gangs or cults.

A Brown County judge sentenced Shawn Sturtz to three years in prison for his role in a plot to attack Green Bay East High School. Sturtz, who is the second of three teens to be sentenced for the plot, was also sentenced to six years of extended supervision once he's out of prison.

"As to this plan that supposedly was going to happen, William himself states that he knows I could not go through with it, and you will hear the same from everyone who knows me well," Sturtz said.

Netwal faced the least amount of time behind bars. That's in part because the district attorney dropped the most serious charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree intentional homicide.

Judge J.D. McKay, who sentenced the other two teens, said Netwal has good character and is not likely to commit another crime. He said the reason he sentenced Netwal to 18 months is because of the seriousness of the offense.

Bradley Netwal’s deal has prosecutors capping their recommendation at 2 years in prison. Shawn Sturtz’s deal has a recommendation cap at 4 ½ years in prison. Both recommendations include a call for time on supervised release after any prison time.

"This case can no longer be compared to Columbine," Julie Bachir bristled after court. "If (Columbine gunmen Dylan) Klebold or (Eric) Harris were still alive, do you think they would have gotten 4 ½ years?

"Shawn Sturtz is not Klebold or Harris."

District Attorney John Zakowski says he plans to extend an offer to William Cornell, Shawn Sturtz and Bradley Netwal in the hopes of resolving the case before trial.

McKay denied a motion by Netwal's attorney to try his client separately. Judge McKay did not expound on his ruling -- he simply told attorney Chris Froelich that he didn't feel separate trials were appropriate.

"I still don't think that severance is appropriate and motion to sever is denied," McKay said.

Judge J.D. McKay delayed the trial so the State can analyze all of the remaining evidence -- specifically, information on Cornell's computer. McKay said he didn't want new evidence coming into play in the middle of the trial.

Judge McKay said his decision to the delay the trial was not influenced by the Virginia Tech shootings. In fact, before accepting the State's motion to delay the trial, he denied a defense motion for a delay based on the argument that the violent attack is still fresh on peoples' minds.

All sides did agree that Bradley Netwal was out of town the day Sturtz and Cornell confessed to the plan, and attorneys agreed that Sturtz has been a special education student since his freshman year of high school.

Attorneys for 19-year-old Bradley Netwal want the case to be heard outside Green Bay. Netwal's lawyer says he made the request because of pre-trial publicity.

The judge is reviewing the paperwork.

But if defense attorneys get their way, the term "Columbine" or any other reference to a similar event will be barred from being used in court. Their reason: "Such incidents are not relevant to any issue in this case, and must be excluded."

The defense is also asking that all three defendants be allowed to wear civilian clothes during the trial and not be brought into or taken out of the courtroom in restraints while the jury is present to "protect against unfair prejudice."

And lastly, all three defense attorneys asked for any prior criminal or juvenile misconduct the teens may have had before the alleged plot to be excluded from the trial, citing "the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of issues, and the possibility of misleading the jury."

There are several things attorneys requested specific to their respective client.

Netwal's attorney says his client wasn't even in Green Bay when the alleged plot was supposed to take place. And because no weapons or bomb-making materials were taken from Netwal's home, his counsel is also asking the court to suppress that evidence, "all of which do not pertain to or have any relevance to defendant Bradley P. Netwal's case."

Other motions were also filed on Netwal's behalf, including an argument that his arrest was unlawful and there is not enough physical evidence to prosecute him.

Sturtz's attorney filed a motion saying his client's case should have never gone to trial in the first place. "The evidence presented at the preliminary hearing is insufficient to show probable cause that there was any agreement to accomplish a common criminal objective," the motion argues.

Meanwhile, Cornell's attorney contends the State mishandled physical evidence. The attorney claims because alleged explosives found in Cornell's home were destroyed, the defense can't do its own analysis or testing on them. "Due process is violated when loss of evidence prevents a fair trial," that motion says.

Bradley Netwal, 19, who was arrested along with William Cornell, 17, and Shawn Sturtz, 18, on charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree intentional homicide and conspiracy to commit damage by use of explosives, says he was in Eagle River with his grandparents between Sept. 13 and 15 — the time Sturtz and Cornell allegedly discussed carrying out the plot, according to court documents filed recently.