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Published July 03, 2012, 03:53 PM

Amy Senser's Attorney Seeks Probation for Hit-and-run

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for Amy Senser say she's "deeply remorseful" for the pain felt by the family of a man killed in a hit-and-run crash last year.

By: Associated Press,

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    FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2011, file photo, Amy Senser leaves with her husband, former Minnesota Vikings football star Joe Senser, right, after a court appearance in Minneapolis. Amy Senser's criminal vehicular homicide trial is scheduled to begin on Monday, April 23, 2012, in Minneapolis. Prosecutors allege she hit 38-year-old Anousone Phanthavong of Roseville on a freeway ramp last year as he was putting gas into his car. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Jean Pieri, File)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for Amy Senser say she's "deeply remorseful" for the pain felt by the family of a man killed in a hit-and-run crash last year.

Senser is scheduled to be sentenced Monday on two counts of criminal vehicular homicide for the August crash that killed 38-year-old Anousone Phanthavong.

She faces a maximum of four years in prison. But in new court documents, her attorney Eric Nelson is asking for probation.

According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press (http://bit.ly/R4aIQA ), Nelson wrote that Senser is sorry and has no criminal history.

Nelson says Senser struggles with the fact that she is responsible for taking a human life, even though it was an accident.

Hennepin County prosecutors are expected to file their response to Nelson's request on Thursday.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

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