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Man gets 2017 release date in girlfriend's death

Here is a thought, alcohol and guns dont mix! Should have thought about that first and he wouldnt be in prison.

Here's another thought. Why not sentence him 15 years to life, instead of 1-15? Doesn't sound fair to me. She's dead,dead,dead.

"Why not sentence him 15 years to life, instead of 1-15?"
Probably because manslaughter doesn't carry that sort of sentence.

I can assure you that 15 years non stop at the Utah State Prison will not only change the man, it will change his world. Most probably will lose his family, friends and he will lose every thing he owns. When he leaves the prison after serving 15 years he will have learned not to mix alcohol with anything. I am willing to say that he will not even want to drink again. Having spent nearly 30 years there I know what that prison can do to you. I was an habitual criminal, nothing violent just checksbut the place changed me and I had breaks in between (parole) but checks got me sent right back. Now I refuse to even open a checking account. There is no fear of physical torture there, it is the loses which one has while there which hurt, or the inability to use the phone when you want, or if you want a pizza or other fast food in the middle of the night but you can not get but what will hurt the most is when your family and friends start peeling away one by one. Yes, 15 years is enough.

Dr Roy
I enjoyed your comments you sound as though you truly have been in that position so you know what you are talking about, and not just rambling.
Everything you said is true. One thing you didnt say is how much his treatment has affected his family and how it was too hard on his father and he died from a broken heart. His parents love him the same as the other siblings they can't forgive his recklesness but they still love the boy they raised and know in their hearts he could never have done this on purpose. HE WAS ALWAYS A LOVING CARING PERSON.
NO one knows how hard it will be when he is released and LIKE YOU SAID(HE WILL HAVE NOTHING) EVERYTHING IS GONE IT IS LIKE BEING A NEW BORN AND ONLY HAS HISSELF TO BLAME (WHICH HE HAS DONE DAY AFTER DAY)
ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY THINGS LIKE THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN
WHO ARE WE TO QUESTION HIS REASONING.
YES 15 YEARS IS LONG ENOUGH.

FYI "Are you kidding me", that comment [GOODBYE DEAR SWEET LORETTA] was written by US - Craig's immediate family. We accepted her as one of our own for thirteen years. We loved her too. We aren't allowed to express sympaythy, remorse or any other emotions we have, only Loretta's family is allowed that opportunity, we are not allowed to speak - there are two sides to everything and whether they like it or not, we loved her and miss her too and feel the void as both of them are gone. We have two voids we cannot fill. She was a wonderful person that we all accepted as family, we lost her too. Her family is NOT the only ones that were hurt, ours was too - we lost 2 members of our family, Loretta and Craig. So Ms. Are You Kidding Me, who are you to say "you obviously don't know"? You obviously don't know the whole story.

I posted this as a response to the previous article.
The reporting during this entire case has been atrocious and severely deficit, even down to his age. He is 48, not 58. And yes, we do know how it hurts.