HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) - A judge has reduced the sentence given to a woman who killed her ailing husband by smothering him with a plastic bag and tried to kill her two children the same way.
Jenny Tran was convicted of aggravated manslaughter in 2011 and received a 50-year prison term. But a state appellate court overturned that conviction in June 2018, citing trial-related errors.
Tran accepted a plea bargain last month that called for an 18-year sentence. But a judge on Friday reduced that term to 16 years, saying Tran had expressed regret for the death.
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Tran’s lawyer says she was overwhelmed by pressure after her husband had a stroke in November 2008. But prosecutors say she killed her husband out of spite because his condition was draining the family’s financial resources.
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