November 7, 2009 in City

Mom lost daughter, pleads for son

He gets 41-month term for crash fatal to sister

Meghann M. Cuniff meghannc@spokesman.com, (509) 459-5534

More than six months after losing her daughter in a motorcycle crash, a Spokane mother sobbed as she pleaded with a judge Friday to keep the driver – her son – out of prison.

“I’m just lost without my kids. Not only have I lost one, but I’ve lost two,” said Janice Tensley.

Tensley turned to Deputy Spokane County Prosecutor Mark Cipolla.

“I think you have a personal vendetta against my child … I don’t know why you hate him. I don’t know why you dislike him,” she said before Judge Maryann Moreno stopped her.

Cipolla …

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