A Colorado man received the legal equivalent of mercy after hitting a married couple with his car and killing the husband.

In September, Samuel Robert Michael, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of each vehicular assault resulting in death, vehicular homicide , DUI, careless driving resulting in injury, and careless driving causing significant bodily injury to a vulnerable road user, the District Attorney's Office for the 23rd Judicial District told Law&Crime.

On Monday, 23rd Judicial District Court Judge Elizabeth B. Volz sentenced the defendant to four years of community corrections, which is the Mile High State's version of a halfway house.

The Colorado Department of Corrections website describes the relatively lenient punishment as "a sentencing or placement alternative, in lieu of pri

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