US EditionFormer U-Va. student given five life sentences in shooting that killed 3 classmates
Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. received five life sentences plus 23 years for killing three UVA football players and wounding two others in a 2022 bus shooting, prosecutors said.
- Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 26, pled guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and other charges for a 2022 shooting that killed three University of Virginia football players and wounded two other students.
- Prosecutors sought life sentences, arguing the attack was calculated, while the defense asked for a sentence balancing accountability with compassion due to Jones's troubled childhood and mental health.
- Judge Cheryl Higgins sentenced Jones to five life terms after jailhouse recordings undermined the defense's claims of remorse, showing Jones lacked genuine remorse despite his troubled background.
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Ex-University of Virginia student gets five life sentences for fatally shooting 3 football players
A former University of Virginia student was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for fatally shooting three football players and wounding two other students on the campus in 2022.
Ex-University of Virginia student gets five life sentences for deaths of 3 football players
A former University of Virginia student was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for fatally shooting three football players and wounding two other students on the campus in 2022.
Ex-University of Virginia student gets five life sentences for fatally shooting 3 football players - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A former University of Virginia student was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for fatally shooting three football players and wounding two other students on the campus in 2022. Judge Cheryl Higgins gave Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., who had been on the football team, the maximum possible sentence after listening to five days of testimony. Jones pleaded guilty last year. The penalty includes five life sentences, …
UVA Shooter Gets 5 Life Terms for Killing Football Players
A Virginia judge on Friday issued five life sentences, plus 23 years, to Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., the former University of Virginia student who opened fire on a charter bus in November 2022, killing three UVA football players and wounding two other students, reports WTVR . Jones, 26, pleaded guilty last...
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