Louisiana police officer Derrick Stafford was sentenced to 40 years behind bars for his conviction of manslaughter over the shooting death of a 6-year-old autistic boy. Stafford fatally shot Jeremy Mardis during a car chase in Marksville, Louisiana, in November 2015. Mardis’ father Christopher Few was also shot and injured. According to Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, will serve a 40-year sentence for manslaughter and a 15-year sentence for attempted manslaughter concurrently. Body camera footage showed Few in his car with his hands up as Stafford and another officer fired a collective 18 shots at them.
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