Canandaigua (New York):
A woman drew a 23-year prison sentence, for killing her alcoholic boyfriend by lacing a jug of margarita cocktails with antifreeze at her apartment.
"It's not as if you were captive in this house," Judge William Kocher said in imposing a near-maximum penalty on Cynthia Galens, who maintained that victim Thomas Stack was emotionally and physically abusive. "It's just senseless what you did."
Galens, 52, was convicted of manslaughter in September and faced anywhere from five years to 25 years in state prison.
"I accept the consequences of my actions," she said.
"I am sorry for all the pain I caused everyone. I'm really sorry."
Galens was charged with murder in January, three months after Stack, a 48-year-old Air Force veteran, died from complications of ethylene glycol poisoning. A grand jury later opted for a first-degree manslaughter charge and Galens turned down an offer to plead guilty in exchange for an 18-year sentence.