Celebrity Justice
Prosecutors Want the Judge to Throw the Book at Lane

A prosecutor has asked a judge to sentence "Prison Break" star Lane Garrison to four years, eight months in state prison. Even though they are not asking for the maximum sentence for Garrison, prosecutors are asking the judge to throw the book at the actor.

Garrison is in a Beverly Hills courtroom this morning, uncuffed and wearing a suit, waiting for his sentence to be handed down.

In a courtroom filled with friends and family of the teenage victim, the prosecutor described the scene on the night of the accident. He spoke about how Lane was partying with high school students who asked the actor, after he had "seven or eight" shots of vodka if he was OK, to which he replied, "I'm from Texas, we can hold our liquor in Texas -- not like you can here in California."

Garrison was drunk and driving on the night of December 2, 2006, when he crashed his Range Rover, killing 17-year-old Vahagn Setian. Two teenage girls in the car were seriously injured.

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46. I agree with Miss Manners. You ask a guy who's had "seven or eight" shots if he's OK and he says yes, then of course he's drunk! If you then decide to get into a car with him behind the wheel, then you're taking you life in your own hands. As for Skeptic, these were young adults not children. 15 and 17 year olds out late partying and drinking are NOT inncoent children.

Posted at 7:10PM on Oct 31st 2007 by Tara

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