テネシー州の裁判官は、2024年に開催されたがんチャリティーウォークの最中に元恋人のエリー・ヤングさんを殺害したとして、ジャクソン・ホッパー被告に第2級殺人罪で禁錮40年の判決を言い渡した。ホッパー被告は検察との司法取引に応じ、罪を認めていた。判決はシェルビー郡の法廷で言い渡された。
シェルビー郡のカーリン・L・アディソン判事は、医学部生だったエリー・ヤングさん（当時22歳）を殺害した罪で第2級殺人罪を認めたジャクソン・ホッパー被告（28歳）に対し、禁錮40年の判決を下した。裁判記録によると、この司法取引によりヤングさんの遺族は裁判を最後まで行う負担を免れた。アディソン判事は両家の家族に対し、「双方の家族が受ける悲しみは計り知れません。今後も続くであろうトラウマも、やはり計り知れないものです」と直接語りかけた。地元メディアのWATNによると、検察側は法廷で殺害の様子を詳述することによる遺族の精神的苦痛を考慮し、癒やしのための時間を作るべくこの司法取引を受け入れた。
A Michigan judge sentenced 59-year-old Randall Alan Grinwis to 32½ to 90 years in prison for second-degree murder in the 2024 strangling death of his girlfriend of 20 years, Donna Hyma. The killing occurred during an argument over living arrangements on New Year's Day. Grinwis was also convicted of stealing $1,800 from Hyma's brother.
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A Franklin County judge sentenced 30-year-old Gage Smith to six years in prison for the reckless homicide of his girlfriend, Autumn Ward, whom he shot in the head in January 2025. Smith, who pleaded guilty to lesser charges, will be released in less than five years after credit for time served. Ward's mother decried the sentence as unfair.
An 18-year-old South Carolina man pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his uncle last year. Damarion Nealy, who was 17 at the time, received a sentence of no more than five years under the youthful offender act. The incident occurred in Horry County when Nealy pointed a gun at Gregory Johnson II's head.
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A New York judge has sentenced Michael Charles Burham to 25 years to life in prison for the first-degree murder of Kala Hodgkin. The 37-year-old pleaded guilty in January, weeks after the 2023 killing that occurred shortly following her rape accusation against him. Burham, who also escaped prison and kidnapped a couple, will serve his sentences concurrently.