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Vance Boelter gets 2 life terms and more in Minnesota lawmaker shootings
Vance Boelter, the man who admitted in court to shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, was sentenced to two life terms in prison followed by 40 years Thursday morning.
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What happenedVance Boelter, the man who admitted in court to shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, was sentenced to two life terms in prison followed by 40 years Thursday morning.
The headline splitThe center frames it as "Vance Boelter gets 2 life terms and more in Minnesota lawmaker shootings". The right frames it as "Vance Boelter receives 2 life sentences for fatal shootings of Minn. lawmaker and husband".
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Right / center-rightVance Boelter receives 2 life sentences for fatal shootings of Minn. lawmaker and husband
Vance Boelter gets 2 life terms and more in Minnesota lawmaker shootings
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Vance Boelter, the man who admitted in court to shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, was sentenced to two life terms in prison followed by 40 years Thursday morning.
Vance Boelter receives 2 life sentences for fatal shootings of Minn. lawmaker and husband
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Vance Boetler, the Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to killing Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman, has been sentenced to two life terms plus 40 years, just...
'Face to face with evil': Boelter gets 2 consecutive life sentences, plus 40 years for lawmaker shootings
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.
