Second defendant in racing death gets 17 years for manslaughter

Two cousins sentenced in connection with 2020 racing crash

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Two cousins from Columbus are sentenced in connection with a deadly racing crash from 2020. Dustin Wayne Gwathney pleaded guilty to manslaughter. He was ordered to serve 12 years in prison and five years post-release probation. Dustin and his cousin, Joseph Gwathney, also pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Joseph was ordered to serve 8 years in prison. Both men pleaded guilty during the February term of court, and sentencin…

Second defendant in racing death gets 17 years for manslaughter

The second of two cousins involved in a three-car collision that left a man dead in 2020 has been sentenced. Dustin Wayne Gwathney, 25, of Columbus, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Lowndes County Circuit Court. Judge Lee “Jay” Howard handed down a sentence of 17 years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Five of those years will be suspended, leaving Gwathney to serve 12, Assistant District Attorney Marc Amos told The Dispatch. Gwanth…