Darrell Brooks sentenced to life in prison without the possibility for parole for driving his SUV into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing six people and injuring dozens more.
parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, last year, killing six people and injuring dozens more, after being removed twice from the courtroom for disrupting the proceedings.
The judge acknowledged that the sentencing was "largely symbolic," but that "it needs to hold you accountable in a very real and tangible way."Wednesday's sentencing comes after dozens of victims of the attackBrooks and his family had raised his mental health issues in his defense.
In this Oct. 26, 2022, file photo, Darrell Brooks listens as the jurors confirm their guilty verdicts after they were read during his trial in a Waukesha County Circuit Court in Waukesha, Wis."Those are images that frankly kept me up at night," she said. She highlighted his lack of remorse during a two-hour statement made in court ahead of his sentencing and criticized a "feeble attempt to blame mental health."Brooks was removed from the courtroom during the judge's sentencing remarks for what Dorow described as a "tirade" and placed in another courtroom with audio access to the proceedings. He was brought back for the sentencing, though the judge removed him again for failing to be orderly.
"It was that disorder that caused him to drive through that crowd," she said. "It is my prayer that he will be treated for this illness."
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