The sentencing hearing for the trial I was part of last month took place yesterday. The judge accepted our recommendation.
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By law, the judge can lower the sentence the jury recommends but not raise it. I thought he might lower it in this case since we recommended a harsher sentence than the prosecution requested, but he chose to defer to our judgment. Life + 5 for the perpetrator, terms to run consecutively. He's not eligible for parole for almost 30 years.
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