A judge sentenced a former Gladstone police officer to 20 years in prison on Wednesday after he was originally sentence to life, as part of plea agreement in the killing of his wife in 2011, the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office said.
Lynn Benton, 64, was arrested in November 2012 in the killing of Debbie Higbee and has been in jail ever since. Prosecutors said he enlisted the help of his long-time friend, Susan Campbell, and her son, Jason Jaynes, in the killing of his wife after their marriage fell apart.
The DA’s office said the plea agreement reached in May allowed both sides to argue whether Benton could get a reduction to his sentence for good behavior…