ANADARKO, OK -- News Channel 4 has new details in a story we first brought you earlier this year. That's when an Oklahoma teen was shot and killed. Friday, the man who pulled the trigger went before a judge and was sentenced but the victim's family isn't happy with punishment he got.
"Nolan lived 19 years and 12 days. Trent decided, for whatever reason, he made a choice," Wilma Sexton said. "That was my son's life sentence 19 years and 12 days. If he took a life, I feel that's what he should have."
Wilma Sexton's son Nolan was only 19 years old when he was shot and killed. 22-year-old Stephen Trent Seigrist said he accidentally shot Nolan in the head when he took a gun out of a desk drawer; it was the same one the two boys used to hunt.
Fishing and hunting, that is how Nolan's parents say he spent most of his time; now it's just a memory.
His father put these precious moments into words and read them before the court; his hands trembled as he shared the poem he wrote about his oldest son.
"I told her to get a pen and write," Stan Sexton said.
"He wrote that the day after he died," Wilma Sexton said.
Nearly a year later, he hoped those same words would help get justice for his son's death.
"At the end of the day my son is not coming back. It was a crime and a crime should be punished," Wilma Sexton said.
Seigrist was sentenced to 10 years with one year in the county jail and nine years probation. Seigrist admitted to using meth, cocaine and marijuana.
He claims the two had been drinking the night of the shooting, something his attorney says lead to an accident.
"Alcohol and drugs is what it boiled down to; it took one life and has seriously affected the other life," Tony Burns said. "I really believe in what the judge did. He didn't ruin a second life."
The decision leaves mixed emotions for Nolan's family, but they are relieved it's finally all over.
"Finally something's been done," Stan Sexton said. "Whether it was just or right I don't know, but it's done."
District Judge Richard Van Dyke's decision was based on evidence presented in court.
He says there wasn't enough to prove this was anything more than an accident.
"Nolan lived 19 years and 12 days. Trent decided, for whatever reason, he made a choice," Wilma Sexton said. "That was my son's life sentence 19 years and 12 days. If he took a life, I feel that's what he should have."
Wilma Sexton's son Nolan was only 19 years old when he was shot and killed. 22-year-old Stephen Trent Seigrist said he accidentally shot Nolan in the head when he took a gun out of a desk drawer; it was the same one the two boys used to hunt.
Fishing and hunting, that is how Nolan's parents say he spent most of his time; now it's just a memory.
His father put these precious moments into words and read them before the court; his hands trembled as he shared the poem he wrote about his oldest son.
"I told her to get a pen and write," Stan Sexton said.
"He wrote that the day after he died," Wilma Sexton said.
Nearly a year later, he hoped those same words would help get justice for his son's death.
"At the end of the day my son is not coming back. It was a crime and a crime should be punished," Wilma Sexton said.
Seigrist was sentenced to 10 years with one year in the county jail and nine years probation. Seigrist admitted to using meth, cocaine and marijuana.
He claims the two had been drinking the night of the shooting, something his attorney says lead to an accident.
"Alcohol and drugs is what it boiled down to; it took one life and has seriously affected the other life," Tony Burns said. "I really believe in what the judge did. He didn't ruin a second life."
The decision leaves mixed emotions for Nolan's family, but they are relieved it's finally all over.
"Finally something's been done," Stan Sexton said. "Whether it was just or right I don't know, but it's done."
District Judge Richard Van Dyke's decision was based on evidence presented in court.
He says there wasn't enough to prove this was anything more than an accident.
