Killer asks for more prison time, says plea deal too lenient - KVVU Las Vegas
A man who killed a retired librarian when he was speeding away from police will spend more time behind bars after he told a judge that the plea deal offered by prosecutors was too lenient. Friday afternoon, Joshua Brazeal, his family members and family members of the 79-year-old woman he killed pleaded for a harsher sentence. In a rare move Wyandotte County Judge Bill Klapper rejected the 41-month deal offered by Wyandotte County prosecutors and increased Brazeal's punishment to 78 months. Even rarer than that, Brazeal's family and Geraldine Strader's family comforted each other during Friday's emotional sentencing. Brazeal crashed a stolen car into Strader's car on Aug. The impact killed the well-known librarian and pillar in Kansas City, KS. When her family got word he could possibly serve just more than three years in jail, they pleaded with the judge for more time. Joshua Brazeal and his sister, Laura Brazeal, also asked the judge to increase his punishment. Longtime Kansas City, KS, librarian Geraldine Strader was thrown from her car when Joshua Brazeal crashed into it while speeding to get away from police. Family members couldn't see her eyes the last time they saw her at the hospital. I don't remember the last time I saw them and that's difficult,” Strader's son-in-law John Brandt said. Source: www.fox5vegas.com
