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woman's family calls killer's sentence 'slap in the face'
EVERETT -- Cynthia Goldman's family came to the courthouse
Wednesday in search of justice for their slain sister. Instead,
her siblings said they left empty-handed, angry and heartbroken.
The young man who strangled Goldman faced a maximum of 20 years
in prison. Gary McLaughlin III was sentenced to 13 years in
prison, as recommended by prosecutors and the defense. Goldman's
brother said even the maximum sentence would be a slap on the
wrist for the brutal, senseless killing. Mike Goldman called the
13-year sentence "a slap in the face." "This is not about
revenge. This is about justice," the slain woman's sister,
Michelle Goldman said. The murdered woman's family questioned
why the judge showed McLaughlin any mercy after what he had done
to Cynthia Goldman and the pain he'd caused the people who loved
her. Berdella Durand, 78, told th