Nipsey Hussle’s shooter sentenced to at least 60 years in prison
23.02.2023 - 14:39
/ nme.com
Nipsey Hussle.Superior Court Judge H Clay Jacke II delivered the sentence yesterday (February 22), consisting specifically of 25 years to life for murder, an additional 25 for employing firearm enhancements, and 10 more years for voluntary manslaughter after injuring two bystanders at the crime scene. Per an Associated Press report, Holder was not eligible for the death penalty.The sentence brings a conclusion to Holder’s trial, which began in June 2022. Three years prior, Hussle – born Ermias Joseph Asghedom – was fatally shot in March 2019 outside the Marathon Clothing store he founded in Los Angeles.
Prosecutors have determined that he was shot 10 times in the head, torso and spine. He was 33.Before the sentence was given, Herman “Cowboy” Douglas, a close friend of Hussle’s who was with him when he was killed, delivered an emotional statement on the profound loss he and his community experienced in the wake of Hussle’s death.
“Nipsey was my friend, he was like a son, he was like a dad. Our community right now, we lost everything, everything we worked for.
One man’s mistake, one man’s action, messed up a whole community.”On July 6 2022, a jury declared Holder guilty of first-degree murder, alongside two counts each of attempted voluntary manslaughter and assault with a firearm.According to Rolling Stone, Holder attacked Hussle nine minutes after an initial meeting, where Hussle pointed out rumours had been circulating about Holder having “paperwork”, suggesting he might be a police informant. Holder’s defence attorney, Aaron Jansen, claimed that Holder considered the allegations a threat to his life.Though Holder left the initial meeting with no signs of aggression, he would later ride shotgun in getaway driver
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