Six life sentences were issued to Darrell Brooks, who killed six people during the Waukesha march, after he was convicted guilty of the same number of counts of premeditated murder.
As he waited for his sentence for the murder of six people, the judge wept after hearing the accounts of his victims and twice gave orders to remove him from the courtroom. The court symbolically increased Brooks’ life sentences by at least 1,067 years to highlight the gravity of the crimes he was found guilty of.
The 40-year-old Brooks was sentenced after a circuit court jury in Waukesha found him guilty of all 76 felony charges, including the six counts of premeditated murder, on October 26. Judge Jennifer Dorow wept as she recalled watching the events take place; she and self-represented Brooks have argued throughout the trial.
It’s difficult not to think about what I watched and not have this reaction, the judge said in response.
Darrell Brooks claimed he didn’t intend to hurt anyone and that he simply blew the horn as he moved through the crowd in an effort to demonstrate in court that his SUV had been recalled due to a gear issue.
Dorow informed Brooks, “You have no compassion for anyone, and you have no sense of regret for anything you do. “Nobody is safe from you, Mr. Brooks.
After listening to Brooks speak for more than two hours on November 16, she sentenced him to 17.5 years in prison for each of the 61 counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety with the use of a deadly weapon.
For the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack, Darrell Brooks was given six consecutive life sentences plus 1067 years in prison.
Jennifer Dorow, a judge.