A man who has plead guilty to shooting and killing an elderly couple last summer in their east Lawrence home was sentenced Friday afternoon in Douglas County District Court to 158 years in prison.

Damien Lewis, a 22-year-old parolee, pleaded guilty on March 14 to the crime and several others.

n exchange for Lewis’ guilty plea, Douglas County Dist. Atty. Christine Kenney agreed not to seek the death penalty.

Lewis has plead guilty to several crimes:

• Killing George “Pete” Wallace and Wyona Chandlee, both 71, during a July 10, 2002, burglary at the couple’s house, in the 1500 block of Learnard Avenue on Lawrence’s east side.
• Breaking into a house in the 1900 block of Learnard on July 8.
• Robbing an acquaintance, Norris Hunter, at gunpoint on July 16.

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