The man who drove an SUV through a Christmas parade in Milwaukee killing six and injuring dozens of others has been jailed for life with no possibility of parole.
Darrell Brooks Jr, aged 40, was sentenced by Waukesha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Dorow on 76 separate counts, which included six charge of first-degree intentional homicide and 61 of reckless endangerment to people. Each homicide conviction carries a mandatory life sentence. The judge declined to allow Brooks any part of the sentences to be served extended supervision — Wisconsin's version of parole. The state does not have the death penalty.
Almost all of Brooks' surviving victims and families of those killed asked the judge to deliver the toughest sentence possible during Tuesday's court hearing. According to the Associated Press news agency, Chris Owens, whose mother died in the incident, told Brooks: “All I ask is you rot, and you rot slow.”
