US EditionRyan Routh sentenced to life for attempting to assassinate President Trump
Ryan Routh, 59, was convicted of attempted assassination, assaulting a federal officer, and firearms offenses after targeting Trump at his Florida golf course, federal prosecutors said.
- Ryan Routh has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump at his golf course in Florida in 2024.
- A Florida jury found Routh guilty of five felony charges, including attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate.
- Routh's attorney sought a reduced sentence based on Routh's mental health and defense issues, but prosecutors argued for life in prison.
- During his trial, Routh exhibited erratic behavior, including an attempt to harm himself when the jury announced its verdict.
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He hid in the bushes for the crime with a rifle: Ryan Routh's attempt to assassinate today's US president failed. At the end of the trial in Florida, the judge speaks of a "reasonable punishment".
US: Would-be Trump assassin gets life without parole
Ryan Routh was given life in prison on Wednesday as punishment for his attempted assassination of Donald Trump in the run-up to the 2024 US presidential election. Routh, who was found guilty last September on five criminal counts, was sentenced at the US District Court in Fort Pierce, Florida, by Judge Aileen Cannon. Routh, who tried to stab himself in the courtroom last September when he was found guilty after unsuccessfully representing himsel…
Ryan Routh Sentenced to Life in Prison for Attempting to Assassinate Trump
The Secret Service stopped Routh in September 2024 after spotting him staking out Trump at the golf course. The post Ryan Routh Sentenced to Life in Prison for Attempting to Assassinate Trump first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
A man found guilty of the attempted murder of President Donald Trump in 2024, on a golf course in Florida, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday, after a federal prosecutor stated that his crime is unacceptable "in this country or anywhere else".
In September 2024, the armed Ryan Routh hides in a bushes near Trump's golf course. The secret service discovers him, and then he flees. About a year and a half after the incident, the verdict is passed.
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