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Jail call earns defendant maximum sentence for its "inhumanity"

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Jailhouse telephone call was played at DUI death sentencing after judge ruled it inadmissible at trial. Woman Kills Man in DUI Accident, Laughs About It With Friend / Judge Calls Phone Call "Breathtaking In Its Inhumanity". The link to the call is here on ABCNews.com. Deputy Pima County Attorney Jonathan Mosher said he came across the call as part of a routine review of jailhouse communications. He sought to introduce the audiotape at trial for the jury, but Judge Cruikshank ruled against the motion, saying that the proper venue for the airing of the audio was at sentencing. The jury acquitted Arrington of manslaughter, the most serious charge against her, and convicted her of negligent homicide.

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on January 28, 2008 (boomark / email).