John Dabritz, 67, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Tuesday for the ambush shooting last year of Jenkins near Ely.
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In exchange for John Dabritz’s plea of “guilty but mentally ill,” White Pine County prosecutors have pulled capital punishment off the table.
The deal protects the defendants from prison time and reduced a long list of felony counts to a handful of charges typically reserved for minor crimes.
Marcel and Patricia Chappuis originally faced 45 counts each of child abuse or neglect — a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
An Ely judge has ruled that there is enough evidence for John Dabritz to stand trial in the March shooting death of Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Ben Jenkins.
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