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Lesser sentence in fatal crash upsets kin

Nicole Shellard, 33, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and other charges in the May 2010 death of Kathryn Underdown, 45, of Lake Grove. Videojournalist: Joseph D. Sullivan (Nov. 7, 2011)

A man whose wife was killed while bicycling by a Lake Grove woman driving under the influence of a combination of prescription drugs was angered the judge Monday promised to give her a light sentence under a plea agreement.

"I know she has no remorse," said Kathryn Underdown's husband, Michael Slovitsky, 45, outside the courtroom. "It's a deal, just a deal . . . It's totally an injustice what...

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