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In law, the judgement of a court stating the punishment to be imposed following a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt by a jury. Before a sentence is imposed, the antecedents (criminal record) and any relevant reports on the defendant are made known to the judge and the defence may make a plea in mitigation of the sentence.



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Defense lawyer Brad Cascagnette urged Lane County Circuit Judge Cynthia Carlson to impose a lesser sentence, but Carlson agreed with Hasselman that the law allowed for consecutive sentences on Classen's two convictions in the case.
LANCASTER -- An ex-convict convicted of murdering two Antelope Valley men in a 2003 car-to-car shooting has been sentenced to two consecutive sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
She plead guilty to 10 counts and received 10 consecutive sentences of five to 20 years each.
 
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