Princeton graduate got 30 years to life for murdering father after his allowance was cut



  • Thomas Gilbert Jr., the Princeton graduate who killed his father after his allowance was decreased, was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison for the crime. 
  • A jury rejected an insanity defense as a judge in the Manhattan court handed down a sentence of life in prison with a possibility of parole after 30 years, which the New York Times noted is the maximum penalty allowed under the law.
  • Shelley Gilbert asked the judge for "as light a sentence as possible" so her son could receive treatment for a variety of his mental health struggles. 
  • However, the judge rejected Gilberts' insanity defense, telling him that he "knew exactly what you were doing." 

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