Husband Gets 6 Years to Life for Killing Wife
Mark Hacking was sentenced in Salt Lake City to six years to life in prison for the shooting death of his wife, Lori, while she slept last July.
Judge Denise Lindberg listened to nearly two hours of emotional testimony before handing down the only sentence she could under Utah law. Lindberg said only the parole board could determine how long Hacking would ultimately stay in prison, but that she would recommend that he be held “a very long time.”
Hacking, 29, said there was no excuse he could offer for his behavior, and that he’d give a thousand lifetimes in prison if he could to amend for killing his wife and dumping her body in a landfill.
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