GREEN RIVER Jason Lee Fletcher, 46, of Rock Springs, has been sentenced to at least eight years in the Wyoming State Penitentiary following his involuntary manslaughter conviction in April.
Judge Richard Lavery handed down the sentence this afternoon in Third District Court telling Fletcher that his “crime was hard to put into a category where at least some incarceration is not warranted.”
Lena Fletcher died on the night of June 29, 2020, after being shot with a .44 Magnum Ruger Blackhawk through her hand, neck, and shoulder at the couple’s Clearview Acres home.
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Jason Fletcher has consistently maintained that her wounds were self-inflicted, but did take responsibility for loading the gun prior to the incident.
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