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Prosecutor says gunman’s 10 years in prison reflects real world

When Judge Robert Lane announced the maximum sentence Tuesday of nearly 10 years for Joseph Patrick Lamoureux, he was implying that in the real world of today’s overcrowded prisons, minimum sentences turn out to be the maximums that many felons serve. That’s according to Nye County Chief Prosecutor Kirk Vitto. He was granted consecutive maximum terms for Lamoureux, who agreed to plead guilty to two felonies for a Sept. 19, 2008, shooting spree at Terrible’s Lakeside RV Park in Pahrump that wounded sheriff’s Deputy Eric Murphy.

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