Carleton Dotson Sentenced to 35 Years in Dennehy Killing
Posted on Wed Jun 15, 2005 at 10:51:24 AM EST
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Sad. Facing a sentence of 5 years to life for the killing of his teammate Patrick Dennehy, Carleton Dotson, who at one time had been declared ncompetent to stand trial, and who earlier claimed self-defense for the shooting, suddenly pleaded guilty last week - without a plea agreement - and was sentenced today to 35 years in prison.
Backgound here and at Begging to Differ.
Before announcing the sentence, Strother said he considered not only the senseless nature of the crime but Dotson's mental problems, age and lack of previous criminal record.
"I suspect there is no way in the world for these two families who have suffered in this situation to appreciate the suffering that each has undergone," Strother said. "I hope that as time goes by, that they will understand that there but by the grace of God could go I." After Dotson was led out of the courtroom, his mother, Gilreatha Stoltzfus, shook hands with and hugged Dennehy's relatives.
Two families' lives ruined, and two lives gone, one to the graveyard, one to a prison hellhole.
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