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Terry Adams and Hunter Locke-Hughes

A Michigan judge on March 13, 2024, sentenced Hunter Locke-Hughes, right, to 7 1/2 years and 30 years in prison for drowning his girlfriend’s 6-year-old son, Terry Adams, left, who was born with a genetic condition. (Terry: Obituary; Locke-Hughes: Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office)

Prosecutors in Michigan plan to appeal the sentence of a man who drowned his girlfriend’s 6-year-old son — who was born with a rare and debilitating genetic condition — in a bathtub because they say the punishment “fails to reflect the gravity of the offense.”

A jury last month convicted 22-year-old Hunter Locke-Hughes for first-degree child abuse and involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 death of Terry Adams. The jury acquitted Locke-Hughes of murder.

Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Kathryn Viviano on Wednesday sentenced Locke-Hughes to 7 1/2 years to 30 years for first-degree child abuse, which prosecutors say was nearly 4 years below the sentencing guideline. First-degree child abuse carries a maximum punishment of life in prison. Viviano also sentenced him a little over three years for involuntary manslaughter, a 15-year felony. Locke-Hughes will be up for parole in about five years as he has already served about two years in jail.

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