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Man Gets Reduced Sentence in DUI Death

By Conaway and Strickler

There are no winners in a DUI-related death. A recent Georgia case illustrates that point all too well. Earlier this month, a teenager escaped with a five-year sentence after reportedly causing an accident that killed a 20-year-old woman on the Interstate 475. Bibb County Superior Court Judge Bryant Culpepper gave 19-year-old Nathan Russell Hatton the lesser sentence instead of the maximum sentence of 15 years, according to an article published in the Macon Telegraph. During sentencing the judge made an interesting and very valid point. He told a room filled with grieving family members that he would give Hatton a life sentence if that would bring the deceased Lauren Wilder back to life. The accident occurred Nov. 4, 2006 when Wilder was on her way to work on the I-475...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on July 11, 2007 (boomark / email).