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Eyewitness news corner stefan kane joins us now. Reporter not only will peter liang not head to prison, but six months of house arrest that d. A. Recommended is not part of his sentence and that is because the judge modified and reduced that manslaughter charge to criminally negligent homicide. The judge says there is no evidence that the defendant was aware of akai gurleys presence in that darkened stairwell that night when he fired off that shot that killed the unarmed man. D. A. Thompson had recommended no jail time and six months house arrest along with five years probation. The judge called that an appropriate recommendation and given liangs background and how remorseful he is he did not find it necessary to incarcerate him, saying it would be productive for him to do Additional Community service. He is sentenced to 800 hours of Community Service with five years ....
I shot from my gun and took the life of another person. I apologize to you. Reporter liang was convicted of manslaughter for the shooting. Prosecutors say that the cop accidentally fired a shot and ricocheted off the wall and struck gurley in the chest. He was unarmed. Liangs supporters say he was a scapegoat treated unfairly because he is asianamerican. But others disagree. You are a murderer. Reporter many believe that liang was treated specially because he was a cop. You took a piece of me. You took a piece of my heart. Because of the actions of peter liang, my daughter is i am without my partner. A mom with without her son. Reporter criminally negligent homicide is a felony and the judge said it would be more productive for liang to do community service, 800 hours of it and five years of probation. The brooklyn da will appeal the reduced charge. This is a long ways from over. Reporting from downtown brooklyn, channel 7 Eyewitness ....
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