Tough Sentence Sends Message ; Gregory Erskine, 51, Gets 37 Years in Prison for Killing His Girlfriend - and for Violating a Court's Protection Order.

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A Superior Court judge imposed a tough 37-year prison sentence Thursday on a man convicted of murdering his girlfriend days after he was released on bail and ordered to stay away from her. Justice Robert Crowley said Gregory Erskine did not appear to take responsibility for the death of Lisa Deprez last May, despite a tearful apology to her family in court Thursday.

The sentence also carried Crowley's clear message that court orders intended to protect potential victims like Deprez need to be obeyed and enforced.

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Tough Sentence Sends Message ; Gregory Erskine, 51, Gets 37 Years in Prison for Killing His Girlfriend - and for Violating a Court's Protection Order.

Erskine was arrested a week before the murder for threatening Deprez's life but was released on $200 bail and ordered to have no contact with her. He ignored the order, and after a drunken argument on May 1...

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