MONROE, La. (AP) - A Louisiana prosecutor says a woman who shot a wildlife agent will still serve 80 years in prison despite a sentence correction by the state Second Circuit Court of Appeal.
The News-Star reports 33-year-old Amethyst Baird Rathore’s 60 years of concurrent sentences on four charges in the shooting were to be served without the benefit of probation or parole.
However, a Wednesday ruling by the court corrected a technical error and she’ll be eligible for parole on the three charges with lesser sentences.
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District Attorney Steve Tew says Rathore must serve the time for the longest sentence without the benefit of parole: 60 years for attempted first-degree murder. Tew says her 20-year sentence on other cases will run consecutively.
Rathore shot 25-year-old agent Tyler Wheeler during a traffic stop in Morehouse Parish in 2017.
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Information from: The News-Star, http://www.thenewsstar.com
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