Monday, October 15, 2007

Daniel Cummings pleads guilty to manslaughter

The original capital murder charges against Daniel Cummings were reduced to manslaughter by culpable negligence shortly after 9 a.m. today because of a motion by the prosecutor, according to The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal blog.

Cummings pleaded guilty to manslaughter and Daily Mississippian photographer Ryan Moore confirmed that Cummings has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for manslaughter.