Victim?s family angry over life sentence

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A judge?s decision to give inmate Brandon Morris life in prison without parole for killing a correctional officer disappointed and angered the slain officer?s family.

Retired Anne Arundel Circuit Judge Joseph Manck denied the state?s request for the death penalty for Morris, 22, of Baltimore City, saying the victim?s family wouldn?t have closure during the years of appeals and retrials.

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