Man gets 20 years for beating death despite emotional pleas

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

JONESBORO, Ill. -- A somewhat disorganized but impassioned statement by an Anna, Illinois, man convicted of murder was not enough to persuade Judge Mark Boie to show leniency.

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