INDIANAPOLIS (WPTA) – Family members of a woman and her three children murdered in Fort Wayne in 2021 testified Tuesday about a bill that would require people convicted of crimes to be present for victim impact statements during sentencing.
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For the first time, the father of Aubree Zent spoke out publicly about how the court system denied him the chance to tell the killer directly how the crime devastated his life. It took Justin More almost five years to build up the strength to speak publicly about his daughter’s death.
“I got to sit back and watch the defendant twiddle his fingers, I got to sit back and watch him smile and smirk,” More testified, referring to the trial…