- Jonathan Levin
Infobox_Person | name=Jonathan Levin
birth_date=birth date|1966|5|6|mf=y
birth_place=Flushing, Queens ,New York
death_date=death date|1997|5|30|mf=y
death_place=NYC,New York
spouse=None
Brothers=Leon and Michael
Sisters=Laura and Anna|Jonathan Levin (
May 6 1966 –May 30 ,1997 ) was the son of formerTime Warner CEOGerald M. Levin andCarol Levin .He attended Shelter Rock Elementary School and Manhasset Jr./Sr. High School in
Manhasset, New York . He continued his education at Trinity College in Connecticut, graduating in 1988.In 1993 Mr. Levin joined Taft High School in the
Bronx as an English teacher. He received his Master of Arts Degree in May 1995 fromNew York University 's School of Education.In 1997 Levin was tortured, robbed and brutally murdered in his upper west side apartment by a former student. The student, Corey Arthur, was convicted of
second-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in November 1998. A purported accomplice, Montoun Hart, was acquitted on the same charges in February 1999. While Hart had written a confession, jurors were not able to find out how it was obtained and felt it was unreliable. cite news
url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70F10FE3E5E0C708DDDAB0894D1494D81&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fH%2fHart%2c%20Montoun%20T%2e
publisher=The New York Times
title=Jurors Faulted Police Work In Murder Case Of a Teacher
locataion=Section B, Page 1, Column 5
date=February 13 ,1999 ]The murder occurred after Jonathan had mentioned that his father was Time-Warner head
Gerald M. Levin in the classroom. The former student, Corey Arthur, assumed that Jonathan was rich; however, Arthur did not understand finances. The student stole Jonathan's bank card and got the account's PIN. Of course, any real money would have been held outside of the traditional banking account (e.g., in investment accounts).In 1997, "Jonathan M. Levin Way" was created in the Bronx on the section of East 172nd Street between Sheridan Avenue and Morris Avenue. [http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/97/sp413-97.html] . When Taft High School was broken up into multiple schools, one school that was created, in 2002, was the
Jonathan Levin High School for Media and Communications with a startup grantcite news
publisher=Inside Schools
url=http://www.insideschools.org/fs/school_profile.php?id=1164
title= Jonathan Levin High School for Media and Communications
date=2004] fromTime Warner .The New York Court of Appeals declined to review Corey Arthur's conviction on
March 29 2002 .cite news
url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E6DE1F3BF93AA15750C0A9649C8B63
title=Albany: Killer Of Levin Fails In Appeal
date=March 29 2002
accessdate=2007-01-02
publisher=The New York Times
author=]References
External links
* [http://www.cnn.com/US/9810/20/levin.trial/ CNN Report]
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