Killer of Pregnant Doctor Gets Maximum Term
<i> Associated Press</i>
NEW YORK —
A former mental patient apologized for attacking and killing a pregnant physician before a judge sentenced him to prison for 50 years to life, the maximum penalty for the crimes.
Steven Smith, 23, was sentenced Monday for the rape, sodomy, robbery and murder of Dr. Kathryn Hinnant, 33, in her Bellvue Hospital office in January. Smith had pleaded insanity.
“I’m sorry and it shouldn’t have happened,” Smith said at the sentencing. “There was a lot of things going on that I didn’t see or feel, or anything like that.”
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