(Cedar Rapids, IA) — An appeals court is upholding the sentence of a man from Cedar Rapids who fatally stabbed a woman after calling her a racial slur.
Thirty-nine year-old Shane Teslik is serving a ten-year prison term after being convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
Last year, a jury found Teslik guilty of killing Devonna Walker nearly three years ago after she lunged at him when he used the racial slur…