The St. Tammany Parish District Attorney's Office wanted the death penalty but the man convicted of killing a Mandeville mother was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday.

Dominic Robinson was convicted in 2008 of killing Samantha Juame in 2001.


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Hurricane Gustav caused a delay in sentencing.

Robinson followed Jaume home and shot her in front of her children during an attempted carjacking.