Thread: Sister Kills Sister, Deported to Vietnam

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Story Updated: Feb 7, 2007

Sister Kills Sister, Deported to Vietnam
Erin Drew Kent
KENOSHA - Trang Tran accidentally shot and killed her sister Bao last May.

Tran was holding a gun she didn't think was loaded.

On Wednesday a Kenosha County judge sentenced Tran to three years probation for negligent homicide. Tran could have faced jail time.

Tran cried in court Wednesday. "I'm responsible for my sister's death. After Bao died, my life changed forever."

Tran is a Vietnamese citizen who was living in America while she was a student at UW-Parkside. She will be deported to complete her probation in Vietnam.

"I will take what I learned here in America back to Vietnam to improve the lives of women and children," Tran said in court.

Tran is married to an American citizen. She did apply for immigrant status, but instead was taken out of court by immigration officials.

"She’s a good person. It's not going to make the United States better or safer without her here," Tran's attorney Valerie Karls said.







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"She’s a good person. It's not going to make the United States better or safer without her here," Tran's attorney Valerie Karls said.

It must be easy to get a law degree these days. The classes can't be that tough because there's not one bit of logic in that statement.

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