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"A Louisville man convicted of killing a young mother learned his fate Thursday.Joshua Hall was sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing Karen Pessalono in January 2010.Hall shot Pessalono, 24, along Rockford Lane in January 2010.\u201CThere is no number (of years in prison) that gives that baby girl her mother back. The mother she'll never know,\u201D said prosecutor Erin McKenzie.McKenzie said a 3-year-old's mother died over $50 worth of drugs -- given to her in advance of payment -- by Hall after the two met in a bar.McKenzie said Pessalono tried to break away from him, Hall chased and shot her.Hall's attorney told the jury a different story, that Pessalono and her fianc\u00E9 were going to rip him off and he feared for his lifeJury didn't believe Hall\u2019s story, and defense attorney Kyle Burden pleaded for the minimum sentence.\u201CAsking you to sentence him to 20 years. Allow him to get the treatment he needs, allow him to come back into society,\u201D Burden said.But the jury did not agree and sentenced Hall to 35 years in prison.Burden said errors were made and he will appeal.\u201CWe think it clearly was established that Josh was being robbed and this girl had orchestrated it,\u201D Burden said.McKenzie said a child must now grow up without her mother.\u201CIt's hard to put a number (of years in prison) on a life lost, because in this case, it was a brutal crime -- and because of the collateral damage left behind,\u201D she said.Hall was given 35 years for murder and two years for wanton endangerment, with the two sentences running concurrently.Hall will be eligible for parole in 20 years."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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