TOPEKA, Kan.—A Kansas prosecutor will seek a sentence of 50 years in prison without parole for an Oklahoma woman convicted of killing her ex-husband and his fiancee at a Topeka home.
Fifty-two-year-old Dana Chandler, of Duncan, Okla., was convicted last month on two counts of premeditated murder. A jury deliberated just 83 minutes before finding her guilty in the July 2002 shootings of her ex-husband, 47-year-old Michael Sisco, and his 53-year-old fiancee, Karen Harkness.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports ( ) the Shawnee County district attorney’s office filed notice Monday that it intends to seek the so-called “Hard 50” sentence for each murder count. The sentence would require Chandler to serve 50 years before going before the parole board.
Chandler is scheduled to be sentenced June 1 in Shawnee County District Court.
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Information from: The Topeka Capital-Journal,
