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Ed White
Detroit — A young black woman on a pouch in 2013 A white Detroit man who said he was afraid of his life when shot deadly was sentenced to the same 17-year prison at a new hearing ordered by the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday. I gave it.
Ted Wafer was convicted of a second murder and manslaughter after Renisha McBride's death at Dearborn Heights.
But for almost half of Wafer's sentence, the Supreme Court in February unanimously dismissed the manslaughter conviction and stated that the same murder could not be punished twice. rice field.
Wayne County Judge Dana Hathaway said her imprisonment would not change. 15 years for the second murder, and 2 years if the gun was used during a crime that Wafer was already serving. She said the murder decision was still within the scoring guidelines.
Wafer (63 years old) has been detained for about eight years and is eligible for parole in 2031.
The wafer was a "model prisoner", but "the facts remain the same." The judge said.
"You can't kill anyone just by knocking on the door at midnight. You had the option," Hathaway said.
Wafer opens the front door and McBrides through the screen door before dawn Shot (19 years old). He didn't call the police first, but said he was awake and afraid of his life. The jury rejected his claim of self-defense.
Prosecutors speculated that McBride, who was drunk and crashed his car a few hours ago, might have been confused when he arrived at the wafer pouch.
"I'm terribly sorry," Wafer said on Wednesday.
Some people wondered if race was a factor in the aftermath of the shooting. I liken it to Florida teenager Trayvon Martin's 2012 shooting. However, the 2014 Wafer trial made little mention of race, and judges at the time said they did not believe that race was playing that role.
McBride's mother said she missed her daughter very much.
"Holidays are no longer holidays because we have no joy," Monica McBride said in court. "Every day is a living nightmare that we can't wake up and never wake up."
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