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At 90, what does 17 years in prison mean?

John H. Bunz bludgeoned his 89-year-old wife to death with a hammer

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By Stephen T. Watson and Matt Gryta
Buffalo News

BUFFALO, NY — A feeble-looking John H. Bunz had to be held up by two court officers after the 90-year-old stumbled getting from his wheelchair into his seat at the defense table Wednesday in a downtown courtroom.

It’s hard to comprehend, but this is the same man who bludgeoned his 89-year-old wife to death with a hammer in a bloody attack during March in their Amherst apartment.

Bunz showed little emotion as he apologized for his crime shortly before receiving what some deemed a “death sentence” — 17 1/2 years in prison — in State Supreme Court.

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