In a plea agreement, Grant James Spencer pled guilty on Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the Aug. 28, 2014, beating death of fellow Georgia Southern University student Michael Gatto. After hearing emotionally charged testimony from Gatto’s family, including his mother, as well as from Spencer himself and his family members, Bulloch County Superior Court Judge William Woodrum handed down the sentence. The plea agreement reduced the original charge of felony murder to voluntary manslaughter, and the charge of aggravated battery was “nolle prossed,” or not prosecuted.