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Ex-Central Michigan player sentenced to prison

Associated Press

Friday, April 7, 2006

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- A second former Central Michigan football player has been sentenced for his role in the beating death of a man outside a bar. Demond Petty was sentenced Thursday to between four and 15 years in prison. The 21-year-old had pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter last month. A no-contest plea in Michigan is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing purposes. Prosecutors said former Central Michigan star James King initiated the J ...

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