LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A woman sentenced to life in prison for the killing of a Lawrence man in 2014 had her sentence reduced by 25 years. Sarah Gonzales-McLinn had been sentenced to 50 years in prison without the possibility of parole for the death of 52-year-old Harold Sasko.
On Tuesday, a judge agreed to a recommendation from prosecutors and her defense attorney that Gonzales-McLinn be resentenced to allow for parole after 25 years. The agreement acknowledged that Gonzales-McLinn received ineffective counsel during her 2015 trial. Sasko and Gonzales-McLinn were living together when he was killed. Prosecutors said he was drugged and bound and nearly decapitated. Gonzales-McLinn supporters suggested Sasko was abusing her at the time.