Joe Exotic Resentenced To 21 Years In Prison

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Tiger King star Joe Exotic was sentenced to prison — again — on Friday over the plot to murder his rival Carole Baskin.

A federal judge in Oklahoma City ordered Exotic, whose given name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, to serve 21 years behind bars — one year less than he was originally sentenced to in January 2020.

Last year, Exotic won an appeal in which he argued the original sentencing judge wrongly counted his two murder-for-hire convictions separately, rather than together.

The appeals court said the convictions should be counted together because they “shared a common criminal objective” and were part of the same “course of conduct.”

John M. Phillips, a lawyer for Exotic, told BuzzFeed News via email on Friday, “We are unsatisfied with the court’s decision and will appeal.”

In a statement that Exotic read to the judge which his lawyer provided to BuzzFeed News, the reality star maintained his innocence.

“You will see that I did not receive a fair trial. The truth was not told,” he said. “I have lost enough in my life over this while the people who lied to you and the jury walk free.”

Exotic was diagnosed with cancer last year and pleaded to be released.

But according to the Associated Press, Baskin was also in court and said she was afraid he might still try to harm her.

“He continues to harbor intense feelings of ill will toward me,” Baskin told the judge.

Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/davidmack/joe-exotic-prison-carole-baskin-tiger-king

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