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Noel Powell III, a former Lawrence Township resident, was sentenced to seven years in prison and three years of supervised parole on a charge of second degree passion provocation manslaughter for shooting Devin Smith in the head as the victim sat at the bar at Applebee’s restaurant on Route 1 in Lawrence in November 2017. The sentence was delivered March 11 by Mercer County Superior Court Judge Darlene Pereksta in a virtual sentencing. It is subject to the “No Early Release Act,” which me...

Mother of man executed in Applebee’s apologizes to killer’s family at sentencing Updated Mar 12, 2021; Posted Mar 11, 2021 Noel Powell III, left, with his attorney Robin Lord during a 2017 court appearance in the death of Devin Smith.(Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media) Facebook Share It’s usually the other way around at a court sentencing: Defendants who have taken a life sometimes apologize to the victim’s surviving family members. On Thursday, Debora Lapointe apologized to the fami...