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Brenda Ann Spencer
Born	April 3, 1962 San Diego, California, USA
Conviction(s)	murder (two counts), assault with a deadly weapon
Penalty	25 years to life imprisonment
Status	Currently imprisoned at California Institution for Women
Parents	Wallace Spencer (father)

On Monday, January 29, 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer used a rifle to wound eight children and one police officer at Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, and to kill Principal Burton Wragg and custodian Mike Suchar.^[1] Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The California Institution for Women is a prison located in Corona, California, designed to hold 1,026 prisoners and as of 2003 housing 1,589. ... is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... For other uses, see Rifle (disambiguation). ...

The school was across the street from her house. She used the rifle she had recently been given for Christmas by her father (even though she had asked for a radio). When the six-hour incident ended and the pretty teenager was asked who she wanted to shoot, she said, I like of like red and blue jackets. When they asked why, she shrugged and replied, "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day."ref name="The Killing of America">Rowe, Peter. "1979 school shootings inspired boy to teach", SignOnSanDiego.com (online edition of San Diego Union-Tribune), Union-Tribune Publishing Co, 2007-10-06. Retrieved on 2007-11-11. </ref> She also said: "I had no reason for it, and it was just a lot of fun." "It was just like shooting ducks in a pond." and "[The children] looked like a herd of cows standing around; it was really easy pickings." Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

She pled guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon, and was sentenced to prison for 25 years to life, currently being served at The California Institution for Women in Corona.^[2] She has been eligible for parole four times and has been turned down each time, most recently in 2005. She will be eligible for parole again in 2009. Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). ... Life imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime, nominally for the entire remaining life of the prisoner, but in fact for a period which varies between jurisdictions: many countries have a maximum possible period of time (usually 50 years) a prisoner may be incarcerated, or require the... The California Institution for Women is a prison located in Corona, California, designed to hold 1,026 prisoners and as of 2003 housing 1,589. ... Nickname: Coordinates: , Country United States State California County Riverside Government  - Mayor Eugene Montanez Area  - City  35. ... It has been suggested that Medical parole be merged into this article or section. ...

In 2005, she claimed that she was drunk and under the influence of PCP, and that her father, Wallace Spencer, had sexually abused her as a child (a claim she did not make during the earlier years of her incarceration) and that the state and her attorney conspired to hide her drug test results. Drunkenness, in its most common usage, is the state of being intoxicated with alcohol (i. ... “Angel Dust” redirects here. ...

Spencer's crime, lack of remorse, and inability to provide a serious explanation for her actions when captured inspired the song "I Don't Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats, written by musician Bob Geldof. Her quote "I don't like Mondays" also appears written on a wall in the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club. I Dont Like Mondays was a UK number one single for 4 weeks in July 1979. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Robert Frederick Xenon Geldof[1], KBE[2], known as Bob Geldof (born 5 October 1951) [3], is an Irish singer, songwriter, actor and political activist. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the 1985 film. ...

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