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Sentencing, a love story

By Douglas A. Berman

Who says sentencings cannot be romantic?  As highlighted by this local story, headlined "First the Wedding, Then Years in Prison," at least one lucky couple was able to arrange for both a sentencing and a wedding to fall on Valentine's Day:A bittersweet story of love and the law developed Thursday when Cupid made a St. Valentine?s Day visit to an Ohio County courtroom. Circuit Judge James Mazzone officiated at the wedding of Misty Johnson and Kevin Felder just moments after Mazzone sentenced Felder to five to 18 years in prison for robbery. Asked to comment on the unfortunate circumstances surround the marriage, Felder said, ?It is a decision between the two of us. I am sorry for what I did, and I want to be a better man when I come home...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).