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Eight years, two trials and two convictions for manslaughter later, and still the family of Karissa Grandine waits for elusive justice.

What does it take for her killer to be punished at last?

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Philip Grandine, 33, was sentenced Tuesday morning to a harsh 15 years in prison for manslaughter in the drowning death of his pregnant wife, Karissa. A few hours later, lawyer Michael Lacy was at the Court of Appeal to argue that the former pastor should be released on bail pending appeal.

Again.

Family friend Cliff McDowell was rightfully outraged, calling Grandine a “monster” who continues to torture Karissa’s family with his bid to appeal his conviction.

“We have to start all over again, a third time. And it seems to me that the victim here seems to be treated like the criminal and the criminal is being treated like the victim,” he said.

“It’s a sad day for the family because they have to relive this horrible thing over again,” he said, fighting back tears. “The family is really broken up, again.”