Woman sentenced to life with parole for killing man during citizen’s arrest

A Georgia woman who was found guilty of killing a stranger during an attempted citizen’s arrest that went fatally wrong was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole, a Clayton County judge ruled on Friday morning.

Hannah Payne, 24, who was handcuffed and wearing her green prison uniform, was emotional during the sentencing in Clayton County on Friday as a family friend and co-worker took the stand to speak on her behalf.

They asked for leniency from the judge while the victim’s family requested a life sentence for Payne without the possibility of parole.

Payne was convictedof felony murder, malice murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and three charges of weapons possession during a crime.