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Joseph Harrell, a 17-year-old teen who was arrested in connection to a violent robbery in Houston, Texas, that left a Vietnamese mother paralyzed, was sentenced to three decades in prison.
Harrell’s sentence: On Thursday, Harris County District Court Judge Kristin M. Guiney sentenced Harrell to 30 years in a state correctional facility after he pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated robbery causing serious bodily injury to 41-year-old Nhung Troung.
In a plea deal, Harrell agreed to plead guilty to the robbery charge. In return, prosecutors agreed to dismiss two other charges related to the robbery, including an initial charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.