A driver high on cocaine and cognac when she smashed into a car and killed popular UW-Whitewater Professor Paula Poorman last summer was sentenced today to four years in prison to be followed by 10 years of extended supervision.
….At a hearing on Young’s sentencing today, several of Poorman’s relatives told Flanagan of the devastating effect her death has had, not only on them but on the students and colleagues in the UW-Whitewater psychology department, where she worked for 11 years. She had been named a full professor just months before her tragic death.