"Crime and Punishment"
by John Geluardi (Diablo Magazine, May 2005)

December 11, 2004 - Livermore man on felony probation after pleading no-contest to involuntary manslaughter   This is amazing!!

"Rose hoping for trial"
by Delores Fox Ciardelli (Pleasanton Weekly, December 3, 2004)

Nov. 10, 2004 - A Santa Cruz man was sentenced to 4 years after pleading "no-contest" to charges of running over a man with an SUV at a party in Palo Alto, after a fight broke out. This has many similarities to Brendon's case, except for the unfortunate death of the victim.
Santa Cruz Sentinel article...     San Francisco Chronicle article...

In Massachusettes, a Harvard Graduate student, Mr. Pring-Wilson, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 6 to 8 years in state prison for the stabbing death of 18 year old Michael Colono during a fight. (October 15, 2004) Read more...

San Francisco - In June, 2003, Mr. Tesfamariam Sebhatu was beaten and kicked in the face, then run over and dragged for several blocks by two men, George Delapaz, the driver, and Carlton Willis, one of the passengers. Tesfamariam did not survive. He died 2 weeks later in the hospital. On Thursday, October 21st, George Delapaz was sentenced to 6 years in state prison and Carlton Willis received probation.

Concord, CA - Tevita Holani, 47, plead "no contest" to voluntary manslaughter after he hit a fellow choir member with a music stand on the head, who later died. He accepted a deal that will send him to prison for up to 4 years. Read more...