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Family disappointed after killer sentenced to 6 years

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Relatives of a slain Kansas City man expressed frustration Wednesday after the killer was sentenced to six years in prison. The Kansas City Star reports that Jackson County Judge Bryan Round told the family of Cameron Douglas that his hands were tied before he sentenced Jason Cook to the maximum term allowed. Cook initially was charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the January 2019 apartment complex killing. But a Jackson County jury instead decided to convict Cook of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action after his defense attorney argued that Cook was acting in self-defense. The jury recommended that Cook serve three years on each count.

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