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	Podcast:		Maine Things Considered
	Episode:		Julio Carrillo Sentenced To 55 Years For Killing 10-Year-Old Stepdaughter
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:02
	Publish Date:		2019-08-28 11:55:33
	Description:		Julio Carrillo has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for the death of his stepdaughter Marissa Kennedy. Carrillo was sentenced in Waldo County Superior Court Wednesday, several weeks after he pleaded guilty to murder in the 10-year-old’s abuse death that prompted an overhaul of Maine’s child welfare system. The state had asked for a life sentence for Carrillo. During the hearing on Wednesday, an assistant attorney general reminded the court several times of what was described as the savage, brutal abuse of Marissa Kennedy that lasted for months and ultimately caused her death in Feb. 2018 in Stockton Springs. The attorney for Carrillo, meanwhile, asked for 35-40 years. Several of Carrillo’s family members gave tearful, verbal statements asking for mercy, saying Carrillo was a good son, brother and man who made a mistake after he became overwhelmed financially and as a new father. Carrillo himself also spoke, repeatedly apologizing to Kennedy through tears. When Justice Robert Murray
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