04 Dec Judge Reduces Prison Sentence for Wrong Way Drunk Driver Who Killed a Man
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Megan M. Kramer
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Following a judicial review December 5, 2018 a Rogers County Judge shaved five years off the first degree manslaughter sentence for Megan M. Kramer (DOB 11/17/1979) Her sentence is reduced from 22 years to 17 years in Department of Corrections custody. For first degree manslaughter Kramer must serve 85% of those 17 years before being considered for parole.
A DOC report cited Kramer has no misconducts on her prison record and has taken several classes.
Kramer was under the influence of alcohol and drugs on August 22, 2015 when she drove the wrong way on Highway 412, hitting Mark Alderman head-on and killing him.
Kramer was critically injured in her DUI crash which caused a delay in filing three criminal charges against her. On January 9, 2018 she plead guilty to first degree manslaughter, possession of a controlled dangerous substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.
During the judicial review both Alderman’s widow Angela and adult son Jason submitted statements pleading the judge not take a single day off of Kramer’s sentence. First Assistant District Attorney Brian Surber argued there has been no change in circumstances that merit any modification of the 22 year sentence.
In part Angela told the court “Three and a half years ago I was in a strong, happy, marriage that most people only dream of ever having. Mark was the center of our family. One of the hardest things that I do is go to visit Mark’s mom in the nursing home. She doesn’t realize that he’s gone and she cries because he doesn’t come to see her. She can’t understand why he isn’t there and I have to remind her that he is gone and watch her heart break all over again. Every day I still pray for our family as well as Megan’s family because her actions that night not only took Mark from our family but took her from her family.”
In a portion of his statement son Jason writes “That night an innocent person lost his life because of someone else’s selfish decision. That’s the night we lost a dad, a grandpa, a husband, a brother. We miss him every day. I saw that Meagan is taking classes where she is. I just wish she had done that before she killed an innocent man. Then maybe all of this could have been prevented. But it wasn’t, it was too late, the damage has already been done and can never be undone.”
After the judge’s decision was rendered the Aldermans said they can accept the 17 year sentence and Angela says she will continue to pray for both her family and Kramer’s.
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