Easter crash trial: Aimee Michael sentenced

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Easter crash trial: Aimee Michael sentenced

Judge Kimberly Adams sentenced Aimee Michael to 50 years in prison to serve 36 and probation. Aimee was convicted Monday of killing five people in a hit-and-run wreck on Easter Sunday 2009.

Aimee Michael leads her mother, Sheila Michael into the sentencing hearing on Nov. 4, 2010 for charges stemming from a hit-and-run wreck on Easter Sunday 2009.

District Attorney Paul Howard (center), attended the sentencing.

Morris Johnson, left, speaks with assistant DA Sheila Ross during the morning recess while Judge Adams was making her decision.

Aimee Michael's father, Robert Michael, seated next to Priscilla Moody, listens to the DA's sentencing recommendations.

Morris Johnson made a statement to the court along with his wife, Tracie (left), who survived the crash.

Morris and Tracie Johnson stood together while they each made statements to the court.

Tracie Johnson makes her statement to the court. Johnson was severely injured in the crash, suffering broken legs, a broken hip and collarbone and damage to her spleen and liver. Her daughter, Morgan Johnson, 6, was killed in the crash.

Robert Michael, Aimee's father, makes a statement to the court.

Sheila Michael, the mother of Aimee Michael, is helped to the lectern by her attorney, Renee Rockwell, where she apologized to the families involved.

Aimee Michael looks up as her mother makes a statement (left).

Sheila Michael received an eight year sentence for covering up the crime.

Aimee Michael became emotional as she made a statement to the court and apologized to the families involved.

Aimee Michael wipes away tears after making a statement to the court. Behind her is her mother, Sheila Michael.

Judge Kimberly Adams sentenced Aimee Michael to 50 years in prison to serve 36 and probation. Her mother, Sheila Michael, received an eight year sentence for covering up the crime.

An emotional Judge Kimberly Adams had to wipe her eyes as she told the courtroom that "this is, for me, the hardest case I've ever dealt with and it is by far the most tragic case I've ever seen."

Aimee (left) and Sheila Michael stand while the sentences are given by Judge Adams. Judge Kimberly Adams sentenced Aimee Michael to 50 years in prison to serve 36 and probation. Her mother, Sheila Michael, received an eight year sentence for covering up the crime. Aimee was convicted Monday of killing five people in a hit-and-run wreck on Easter Sunday 2009.

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Aimee Michael leads her mother, Sheila Michael into the sentencing hearing on Nov. 4, 2010 for charges stemming from a hit-and-run wreck on Easter Sunday 2009.

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