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Family and friends of Fred Russell testified at his sentencing hearing Wednesday, saying that despite what everyone had said he was not a monster. KXLY4's Erik Loney and Dave Erickson report.

Telling Fred Russell that he was grossly irresponsible and deserved what he got, Judge David Frazier gave him the maximum sentence possible for the June 2001 crash in which he killed three WSU students. KXLY4's Erik Loney and Karina Shagren report.

Raw footage of Fred Russell addressing the courtoom during his sentencing hearing on January 2nd, 2008.

Fred Russell faces a 14-year prison sentence for killing three WSU students in a crash when he appears in court on Wednesday, KXLY 4's Erik Loney reports.

R.J. Hart says he pulled over to get out of the way of Fred Russell that fateful night six years ago, when Russell caused a crash that killed three people.  But Russell's defense tried to blame him for the crash, saying he caused Russell's actions.  The jury didn't buy it, but Hart thought that tactic would be used.  KXLY4's Erik Loney reports.

Hank Clements, who lost his son Brandon in the car crash caused by Fred Russell, reacts to the jury returning a guilty verdict.

Fred Russell had barely been found guilty of vehicular homicide Tuesday and already his defense team was preparing for his appeal. KXLY4's Erik Loney reports.

The presiding juror at Fred Russell’s vehicular homicide trial said Wednesday afternoon that convicting Russell was not a simple black and white decision but in the end a lack of evidence and Russell’s decision not to testify hurt his case. KXLY4's Erik Loney reports.

After six long years of waiting the families of three WSU students killed in a 2001 car crash got the end they were seeking when Fred Russell was convicted of vehicular homicide in a Cowlitz County courtroom. KXLY4's Erik Loney reports.

Fred Russell is found guilty of vehicular homicide in a Cowlitz County courtroom on November 6, 2007.

The jury at Fred Russell's vehicular homicide trial in Kelso went home for the day after receiving the case Monday afternoon and will resume deliberations on Tuesday. KXLY4's Erik Loney reports.

After less than three weeks of trial, closing arguments have been given in the Fred Russell vehicular homicide trial and the jury has now gone into deliberation. KXLY4's Erik Loney reports.

Assistant Attorney General Lana Weinmann delivers closing arguments for the state in Fred Russell's vehicular homicide trial.

Defense attorney Francisco Duarte delivers his closing argument in the Russell vehicular homicide trial.

Jurors as Fred Russell's vehicular homicide trial in Kelso spent Friday listening to a very long day of testimony from rebuttal witnesses and will return Monday morning for more of the same and a chance of closing arguments in the case as the trial reaches its conclusion. KXLY4's Erik Loney reports.

Defense attorneys played back voicemails left on Fred Russell's answering machine sometime following the crash, filled with expletives and threatening both him and members of his family. KXLY4's Erik Loney reports.

Linda Wilms Russell was one of the last witnesses to take the stand in her son Fred's defense Thursday and testified that Fred Russell feared for his life because of threats made against him in the days following a head-on collision that killed three WSU students in June of 2001. KXLY4's Erik Loney reports.

Raw footage of Linda Wilms Russell testifying on behalf of her son Fred Russell on November 1st, 2007 in Kelso, Washington.

Voicemail recording left for Fred Russell on his answering machine after a fatal head-on collision that killed three WSU students in June of 2001. Video is from Russell's vehicular homicide trial in Kelso, Washington recorded on November 1st, 2007.

Robert "RJ" Hart took the stand Thursday morning and told the court that he had to pull off to the side of the road to get out of his way moments before Fred Russell's SUV hit a car carrying seven WSU students. KXLY4's Erik Loney reports.