John McNamara gets 17 years for 131 mph drunk-driving crash

John McNamara was driving his Camaro SS drunk, maxing out at

152 mph on the night of the August 2010 crash that killed Abby Cockrill. Cockrill’s life ended. McNamara’s will merely be put on pause; a judge sentenced the 27-year-old to 17 years in prison (13 years for involuntary manslaughter and four years for assault).

“A bright young lady died at the hands of a man driving drunk at the indefensibly high speed of 152 mph,” Platte County prosecutor Eric Zahnd said in a statement. “I hope this case helps send the message that our society will no longer respond to drunk driving with a slap on the wrist.”