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we just learned that the judge has officially sentenced the ghost ship master tenant, derek elmina. now this all comes after hours of emotional and angry statements from the victimsfamilies arriving massless and running into court, derek ellman of faced family after family. many of them begging the judge to reject a plea deal. the slocum family saying, you don't even comprehend the sorrow we feel the hold of family, saying this lenient slap on the wrist sentences vastly inappropriate. the ghost ship master tenant, pleading guilty in january 2 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the three dozen. killed in the oakland warehouse fire in 2016, calling dolan whose daughter was killed, cursed elmina. i do not forgive you and i never will, she said. may you burn in the hellish nightmares you created is that reaction went from indifference to, like rocking and looking down, and he almost looked like he was sobbing at a couple of times. that's how the courtroom sketch artist described it. but many families and the judge. modulator thought l meant a was dozing off in court even spilled

they believe elmina got off easy. they also believe that there are other people responsible and that they'll never be held accountable. all right. ktvu is brooks jarocz reporting live. thank you. brooks alameda county district attorney nancy o'malley put out a statement today about the sentencing in this case, saying, in part quote from the very occurrence of this tragedy, the families and loved ones of the victims have been at the forefront of our minds. although this case is now resolved, those who tragically lost their lives that night will be remembered and mourned forever. the u. s centers for disease control and prevention issued new guidelines today for people who have been vaccinated ktvu is tom vacar tells us the new guidance is what many grand parents have been waiting to hear for almost a year. the chief benefit of vaccination is a lot more freedom with a lot less worry beginning two weeks after the final vaccination fully vaccinated, people can visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors without weari

colleen dolan, whose daughter was killed cursed elmina. i do not forgive you and i never will, she said. may you burn in the hellish nightmares you created. is that reaction went from indifference to, like rocking and looking down, and he almost looked like he was sobbing at a couple of times. that's how the courtroom sketch artist described it. but many families and the judge later thought l meant a was dozing off in court. even spilled a cup of coffee. i'll may not find asleep during the victim impact is insult to injury. and why have victim impact statements unless than defendant is listening, and it is important to the family that he hear what they have to say and what he's done. no menace attorney later read a letter for his client where he said, i am sorry. i am sick with shame. it is my fault. i did nothing to stop it. closing the emotional day, the judge sentenced don't manage to 12 years, but he won't spend any more time in jail and will finish out his sentence with an ankle monitor at home and he must pay $181,000 in restitution

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colleen dolan, whose daughter was killed in the fire, told elmina i do not forgive you. i never will. may you burn in the hellish nightmares you created. elmina did plead guilty to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter is part of that plea deal for the three dozen people killed in the warehouse fire in 2016 now is part of that deal. he faces 12 years in prison. but with. credit for time served. he could serve the rest of his jail time at home. and then following that, three years of probation now, hour after hour. this testimony continued this afternoon or these impact statements rather, and we did. actually just here from derek ellman's attorney who read a statement on derek l. menas behalf and he said in part i am sorry. i am sick with shame, he said. it is my fault. did nothing to stop it, meaning the fire and i was fueled by my stupidity and reckless actions. so the judge is mulling oldest over thinking about not only what l menas said, but also what all these families said, and the overwhelming cry for this to be thrown out. you might remember in 2018 kristina that

colleen dolan, whose daughter was killed cursed elmina. not forgive you and i never will, she said. may you burn in the hellish nightmares you created. is that reaction went from indifference. to like, rocking and looking down, and he almost looked like he was sobbing at a couple times. that's how the courtroom sketch artist described it. but many families and the judge later thought l meant a was dozing off in court even spilled a cup of coffee. i'll make a fine asleep during the victim impact is insult. the injury. and why have victim impact statements unless than defendant is listening, and it is important to the family that he hear what they have to say and what he's done. no menace attorney later read a letter for his client where he said, i am sorry. i am sick with shame. it is my fault. i did nothing to stop it. closing the emotional day. the judge sentenced omen it to 12 years, but he won't spend any more time in jail and will finish out his sentence with an ankle monitor at home and he must pay $181,000 in restitution to the victi

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derek elmina pleaded guilty in january. 2 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the 36 people who were killed in the oakland fire back in 2016. today, a judge sentenced him to 12 years with credit for time served. that means he won't spend any more time in jail and will finish out his sentence with an ankle monitor at home. l meant a did not address the court or the families, some of whom said he appeared to be falling asleep during the hearing. l mean, a fine asleep during the victim impact is insult to injury. and why have victim impact statements unless than defendant is listening, and it is important to the family that he hear what they have to say and what he's done. ellman is attorney read a letter for his client where he said, i am sorry. i am sick with shame. it is my fault. i did nothing to stop it. l'm n a was also ordered to pay $181,000 in restitution to the victims. families ah, big step forward in health guidance for those who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus today, the cdc said, vaccinated people can socialize indoors without wearing masks or physi

in many cases condemning the alameda county district attorney's decision to offer elmina a plea deal. under deal, he is likely to served bee served. he would have to wear an ankle monitor for at least another year from now and a half and then he would be under three years supervised probation on attorney for one family called the plea deal a slap on the wrist punishment. they vigorously recommended alameda county judge trina thompson rejected something that cannot happen at this late stage in the process. other parents and siblings of the victims are describing their crushing sorrow and pain, with one mother saying to all men, a quote i curse you with the terror and agony those 36 extraordinary human beings. felt in their last moments, this hearing and the statements from family members continue as we speak. we will have an update on the sentencing. and what how this a hearing concludes later this afternoon in our afternoon newscasts reporting live, allie rasmus ktvu fox. two news. a lot of emotion right now inside that courtroom alley. thank you. the cdc issued its long awaited guida