Nov. 3 (UPI) -- A Colorado judge rejected a plea deal Monday for a Penrose funeral home owner, accused of abusing hundreds of bodies left to decompose over four years.
Fourth Judicial District Judge Eric Bentley turned down the prosecutors' plea deal of 15 to 20 years in state prison for Carie Hallford, after families of the victims argued the sentence was not long enough.
"I find that the sentence negotiated in this case is not consistent with the impact of these crimes on the victims and the community," Bentley said.
Carie Hallford and her husband, Jon Hallford, were arrested one year ago and pleaded guilty to storing 190 decomposing bodies inside their Return to Nature funeral facility.
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