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Source: Associated Press
Woman faces sentencing for buying killer his guns
| September 17, 2014 | Updated: September 17, 2014 12:02am
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking an extra-long sentence for a woman who bought the guns used by her former neighbor to kill two upstate New York firefighters on Christmas Eve.
The U.S. Attorney's Office is asking for a 10-year sentence Wednesday for Dawn Nguyen (WEHN), who's already in state prison for up to four years on related charges.
The 10 years is longer than the eight- to 14-month sentence her lawyer says sentencing guidelines suggest, but prosecutors say it's justified.
Nguyen has admitted to buying a semi-automatic rifle and shotgun in 2010 for William Spengler Jr., a felon prohibited from owning weapons.
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