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Kate Gladden urges study to let prosecutors seek felony charges in some vehicular deaths
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At the Joint Judiciary Interim Committee, Sheridan resident Kate Gladden urged lawmakers to study Wyoming Statute 6-2-106 so prosecutors can consider prior DUIs and other aggravating factors when pursuing charges in fatal crashes; advocates and county attorneys signaled interest in an interim review.
At a Joint Judiciary Interim Committee meeting, Kate Gladden of Sheridan told lawmakers the state’s current law treats many fatal crashes as misdemeanors regardless of a driver’s prior record and urged the committee to study Wyoming Statute 6-2-106 so prosecutors have discretion to charge felony vehicular homicide when clear aggravating factors exist.
Gladden, whose mother was killed while walking in a marked crosswalk, summarized the driver’s history — prior…
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