POCATELLO - Torey Adamcik and Brian Draper will spend the rest of their lives in prison for the stabbing murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart.

Sixth District Judge Peter D. McDermott sentenced each teen Friday to a fixed life term in prison for first degree-murder and 30 years fixed with life indeterminate for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.

He didn't specify if the sentences were to run concurrently or consecutively.

In handing down the sentences, McDermott told Adamcik and Draper he believed they were both equally culpable for Stoddart's murder, and the community had to be sent the message that such crimes won't be tolerated.

"I am convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that if either of you were released, you would kill again," McDermott said. "This killing was a barbarous, cold-blooded act. I'm sorry. I know you guys are just kids, but I feel this sentence is just."

Adamcik and Draper stabbed Stoddart to death Sept. 22 while she house-sat for relatives in northeast Bannock County. Her body was found two days later, and the teens were arrested Sept. 27.

Draper was convicted of both counts by a jury in April. Adamcik was convicted by a jury in June. Both defendants and Stoddart were 16-year-old Pocatello High School juniors at the time of the murder.

Bannock County Sheriff Lorin Nielsen said the teen killers were immediately sent to Boise from the Bannock County Courthouse in Pocatello.

"They were already checked out (of the Bannock County Jail), and we didn't even go back," Nielsen said. "We had a transport team, and they went straight to Boise."

Nielsen said the two were taken in the same car, and he was told by one of his officers transporting Adamcik and Draper that the trip went without incident.

Nielsen said just after the proceeding ended Friday and before the teens were transported, they were given 10 to 15 minutes with their respective families. The visits were full-contact visits authorized by McDermott.

Adamcik and Draper will spend the next several weeks being processed and evaluated to determine their classification in the Idaho Department of Corrections. They will then be sent to a facility where Nielsen said they will likely be isolated or in a protective custody of sorts until administrators of those facility believe each will be safe in the general population.

Sentencing proceedings for the two teens began Tuesday. Adamcik and Draper were separated for the evidentiary portion of their hearings and then brought back together Friday to be sentenced.

Throughout the trials and the sentencing proceedings of both defendants, each continued to point the finger at the other as the primary aggressor in Stoddart's murder. Those accusations remained intact during Friday's proceeding.

McDermott began Friday by asking both defendants and their attorneys to approach the bench.

Draper's attorney, Bannock County Public Defender Randy Schulthies, was the first to address the court, telling McDermott that his client led police to the evidence that ultimately convicted him.

The Sept. 27 night that Draper was arrested, he led police to the area in Black Rock Canyon where he and Adamcik tried to burn and ultimately buried several pieces of evidence from Stoddart's murder.

Police found knives, gloves, masks, shirts and a pair of shoes used by the teens during the crime.

Also found was the now infamous videotape made by the teens, a pivotal piece of evidence in their convictions. On the videotape, the teens discuss their plan to kill several classmates, including Stoddart.

Schulthies told McDermott that Draper hopes to work helping others avoid the destructive path he took. He was followed by Bannock County Chief Deputy Public Defender David Martinez, also Draper's attorney, who reminded the judge of what two psychologists said about his client when testifying earlier in the proceeding.

"They explained that (Draper) was disturbed and years of teasing had taken its toll on him," Martinez said. "They also told you he had no history of violence. They told you he was not unredeemable."

Both Schulthies and Martinez asked the judge to hand down a sentence of 10 years fixed in prison with life indeterminate.

Draper then spoke, directing his comments first to Stoddart's family, then to McDermott. Facing McDermott, Draper turned to look at Stoddart's family.

"I will not ask for your forgiveness because I do not deserve to ask anything from you," Draper said. "She is gone because of my actions. When she needed someone to protect her, I didn't."

After finishing his comments to the family, Draper then turned back to McDermott.

"There hasn't been a day that Cassie hasn't been on my mind," Draper said. "I will never forgive myself for this."

He then told the judge he would not ask for a minimal sentence, that he would accept what the judge deemed a fair sentence.

When Draper finished, Adamcik's attorney, Aaron Thompson of Pocatello, then addressed McDermott on his client's behalf. He told McDermott the Adamcik portrayed in the media and the one on the videotape was not the same boy he has come to know.

"The boy I know is not the one characterized in the newspaper. He is not the boy who is on that videotape," Thompson said. "I am not going to tell you he does not have responsibility. He absolutely does."

Thompson told McDermott he wanted to have Adamcik testify during the trial and tell his story for the jury, but he had too many concerns to allow it. He praised the cross-examination skills of Bannock County Prosecutor Mark Hiedeman.

Given Adamcik's inability to articulate himself, his nervousness, his age and immaturity, along with Hiedeman's abilities, Thompson said he chose not to have his client testify, despite his desire to do so.

Thompson asked McDermott to consider a sentence of 10 years fixed and 25 years indeterminate. Adamcik then addressed the court. Reading softly from a prepared statement, the teen was inaudible at times as he broke down, sobbing.

"The reason I lied to police is I suddenly found myself in the middle of a horrible situation," Adamcik explained to McDermott. "I am willing to accept the consequences of my actions."

Following Adamcik's remarks, Hiedeman then made his recommendations to the court.

"These ruthless young killers should not be treated any different," Hiedeman said. "The act should warrant the maximum penalty.

Hiedeman recommended life without the possibility of parole for both Adamcik and Draper.

"I have struggled with who is more culpable," Hiedeman said. "They must both be treated equally."

Before actually handing down his sentence, McDermott said the Stoddart case and subsequent court proceedings have been "extremely mind-wrenching and difficult for all concerned."

He then praised the Adamcik, Draper and Stoddart families for their behavior in court throughout all the proceedings, before turning his attention to the two defendants.

"This is an awful situation, two kids killing another kid," McDermott said. "This was not a joke, and I am convinced neither one of you thought it was a joke."

Friday's proceeding began at 9 a.m. and was completed 80 minutes later. Later that afternoon, from his office, Thompson said he was speaking with Adamcik's parents, and they discussed possible appeal options.

"I know the family is absolutely going to appeal the decision," Thompson said.

The attorney also conveyed his disappointment over the sentencing.

"I'm disappointed because I do believe that Torey is redeemable," Thompson said.

Draper's attorneys, Schulthies and Martinez, declined to comment after the sentencing.

Stoddart's family, however, took solace in the sentences handed down.

"I'm glad they can never be out in society again," said Anna Stoddart, Cassie's mother. "These two boys, if they get out again, will kill. They had a list. They knew what they were doing."

Cassie's grandfather, Paul Sisneros, added, "Both deserved what they got. They both deserved the same sentence, and I am glad it was life in prison without parole."

Hiedeman, in his office just a few minutes after the sentencing, reflected on McDermott's decision and the case as a whole.

"This crime was so bizarre and senseless. I don't think there was much else we could ask for," Hiedeman said.

He said that from the beginning of the case, the brutal nature of the crime seemed to warrant asking for the maximum penalty. When he recommended the sentence to McDermott during the proceeding Friday, Hiedeman admitted it seemed harsh to ask for life terms for two 17-year-old boys.

"It was a harsh and unusual crime, and these were harsh and unusual boys," Hiedeman said later in his office. "I think (McDermott) was right when he said he was convinced they would kill again. I was convinced of it, too."