Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Aggravated vehicular homicide conviction leads to 2.5-year prison sentence

Here's a follow-up to my Tues., Sept. 1 post: "DWI in the News."

Genesee County's first aggravated vehicular homicide conviction was issued just recently, and yesterday met with a sentence of 2 1/2 years in state prison. The prosecution argued that the sentence was too lenient, given the result of the offender's actions. If I understand correctly, the levity of the sentence was due, in large part, to the fact that this was his first offense.

This information is from this morning's Daily News article. Click to read.

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