Minnesota lawmaker’s killer sentenced to 2 life terms plus 40 years
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Vance Boelter, who murdered former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and tried to kill State Senator John Hoffman and his family, has been sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus 40 years in federal prison.
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On the condition that federal prosecutors not seek the death penalty, Vance Boelter, 59, agreed to plead guilty in June to six counts in connection to the killing of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
File – A makeshift memorial for Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman at the Minnesota State Capitol building on June 16, 2025 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Minnesota man who killed Democratic state lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. Vance Boelter was sentenced Thursday after survivors of the attack and family and friends of the victims spoke about the enduring trauma of that night an…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband is set to be sentenced in federal court Thursday. Vance Boelter, 59, agreed to plead guilty in June, almost a year after the Minneapolis-area attacks when he stalked and killed House Speaker …
The Minnesota man who killed Democratic state lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. Vance Boelter pleaded guilty last month in the June 2025 fatal shooting of the house speaker and her husband Mark.
Vance Boelter, 59, agreed to plead guilty in June, almost a year after the Minneapolis-area attacks, when he stalked and killed House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
Pre-sentencing memos from the U.S. Attorney's Office and Boelter’s lawyer show agreement on "life sentences plus," but Boelter has asked to do his time in a Florida prison.
Boelter pleaded guilty last month to six felony counts in the shootings, avoiding the death penalty in exchange for spending the rest of his life in prison.
The Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison on Thursday, a little over a year after the political attacks.
Vance Boelter pleaded guilty last month to six felony counts in the shootings, avoiding the death penalty in exchange for spending the rest of his life in prison.
Vance Boelter receives two life terms after admitting politically motivated killings and shootings Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison on Thur…
Vance Boelter, the man who dressed up like a police officer and killed former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark last summer , was given two life sentences followed by 40 years in prison by a federal judge Thursday.
MINNEAPOLIS — Vance Boelter sat like a statue as his victims exposed the raw wounds with which he left them after he carried out the most shocking act of political violence in the history of Minnesota. In a federal courtroom,…
Melissa and Mark Hortman were killed in less than 30 seconds on June 14, 2025, in a shocking act of political violence. But their quick deaths are of no comfort to their son, Colin Hortman, who on Thursday told a…
Vance Luther Boelter — the man who pleaded guilty to killing a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and opening fire on another elected official and his spouse — was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. Boelter, 58, received two consecutive life sentences, plus 40 years in prison, all to be served co…
Vance Boelter pleaded guilty last month to six felony counts in the shootings, avoiding the death penalty in exchange for spending the rest of his life in prison.
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