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LOUISVILLE (AP) - One day after finding a Louisville man guilty in the 2008 hit-and-run deaths of two young girls, a jury has recommended he serve life in prison.

The jury took less than an hour Wednesday to recommend that 27-year-old Kenielle Finch be given two life sentences. Finch was found guilty Tuesday of two counts of murder and several other charges, including assault and fleeing from police. The jury recommended five years for each additional charge.

He would not be eligible for parole for 20 years.

Finch was speeding and ran through a stoplight while fleeing from police when he hit 5-year-old Claudia Wadlington and 4-year-old Riley Lawrence as they crossed the street on their way to a swimming lesson.

Finch will be formally sentenced on February 9.

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