The sentencing of Michele Troconis for the murder of Jennfer Dulos

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Bill Cannon Police off the Cuff/Real Crime Stories

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🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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The sentencing of Michele Troconis in Stamford Connecticut 20 years #JenniferDulos #MicheleTroconis #Impactstatement Michelle Troconis was sentenced to 20 years with the sentence suspended after 14-and-a-half years on Friday in a Connecticut courtroom, having been found guilty of conspiring to murder Jennifer Dulos, the estranged wife of Troconis’ then-boyfriend, Fotis Dulos. She will serve her final five years on probation. Family and friends of both Jennifer Dulos and Troconis delivered statements to the Connecticut court ahead of the sentencing by state Superior Court Judge Kevin A. Randolph. Troconis, 49, was found guilty on March 1 for the death of Jennifer Dulos, who was last seen five years ago dropping her kids off at school. Her body has yet to be recovered, and a judge declared the mother of five dead just days before Troconis' trial began.

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0:00.0	Hello, folks, and welcome to police off the cuff.
0:14.6	We're sort of going live.
0:15.8	The judge in the Michelle Triconis case is sentencing her right now.
0:20.4	I'm just going to go right to his live feed.
0:25.7	The court cannot develop the passions that one side or the other has.
0:37.3	In State v. Uey, that's 199, Connecticut 121 at 126, and 1986,
0:43.3	the Connecticut Supreme Court held that the sentencing court may consider information that would be inadmissible at trial for the purpose of sentencing.
1:00.0	That same court held that evidence of crime for which the defendant was indicted,
1:06.0	but neither tried nor convicted, may be considered. Well, the word indicted and the process of indictment is not generally employed in Connecticut.
1:20.4	Essentially, that means where there has been a finding of probable cause, but there has been no
1:24.9	trial or no conviction.
1:29.2	Additionally, as a matter of due process, the court may consider information that has a minimum
1:34.9	indicia of reliability.
1:38.5	Now, that minimum indicia of reliability is not limited to unfavorable information. The court can consider favorable
1:47.0	information that has a minimum indicia of reliability. The court certainly considers the victim impact
2:00.0	statements.
2:03.6	Every victim has the right to be heard
2:06.6	before the court sentences a defendant.
2:09.6	That's thought of the Connecticut Victims' Bill of Rights,
2:16.6	which is read every day
2:18.5	in every court house here in Connecticut.
2:22.4	The court would clarify what it perceives as
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