"It is only a miracle ... that no one was hurt, possibly killed," U.S. District Judge Benjamin Beaton said after a four-hour sentencing hearing. 

While Brown has claimed he never meant to hurt or kill anyone, prosecutors allege that he took “direct aim” at Greenberg and shot at him multiple times, twice hitting the desk where the mayoral candidate was sitting. The wall immediately behind where Greenberg was sitting had multiple bullet holes, according to pictures of the scene.