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Sarah Corbett, Tracey Corbett Lynch, and Jack Corbett arriving at Davidson County Superior Court in Lexington for the sentence hearing for the killing of Jason Corbett.

Sarah Corbett, Tracey Corbett Lynch, and Jack Corbett arriving at Davidson County Superior Court in Lexington for the sentence hearing for the killing of Jason Corbett.

The family of Jason Corbett wept and held each other during Wednesday afternoon’s session at Davidson County Court in North Carolina as they waited to learn the fate of his killers.

They delivered several lengthy victim impact statements before Judge David Hall who listened intently. The statements included one from the family of Mr Corbett’s first wife Mags, who died in 2006.

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