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Victim's mom urges stricter law after killer gets life with parole

By Nelson Daranciang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 28, 2012

~~<p>Nonohe Botelho says she and other family members of murder victims will ask state lawmakers to increase the penalty for second-degree murder to life in prison without the opportunity for parole, from the current life with parole.</p>
<p>Botelho said that Friday after a state judge rejected the prosecutor's request to give Maku&shy;ola Collins the higher penalty for killing Botelho's son, Joel.</p>
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Nonohe Botelho says she and other family members of murder victims will ask state lawmakers to increase the penalty for second-degree murder to life in prison without the opportunity for parole, from the current life with parole.

Botelho said that Friday after a state judge rejected the prosecutor's request to give Maku­ola Collins the higher penalty for killing Botelho's son, Joel. Login for more...



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