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BREAKING: Eric Holder Jr. Sentenced To 60-Years-To-Life In Prison For The Murder Of Nipsey Hussle

<p>The man responsible for shooting and killing <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;nipsey&plus;hussle&plus;&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Nipsey Hussle<&sol;strong><&sol;a> has been sentenced to 60-years-to-life in prison for the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s March 2019 murder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Eric Holder Jr&period;<&sol;strong> received 25-years-to-life on the murder count&comma; an additional 25-to-life for a sentencing enhancement due to a gun being used&comma; and another 10 years for shooting two other men that same day who ultimately survived the shooting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Holder Convicted&comma; Sentenced To 60-Years-To-Life In Prison For Nipsey Hussle Murder<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Herman Douglas &lpar;Nipsey’s friend better known as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Cowboy”&rpar; started singing &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;hit the road Jack” as Holder was led away&comma; leading the judge and deputies to criticize him and order him out of the courtroom&comma; according to the <strong><em>Los Angeles Times&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong> James Queally&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In July after the monthlong trial&comma; jurors also convicted Holder of two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a firearm for gunfire that hit two other men at the scene&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58">The jury returned with the first-degree murder verdict after about six hours of deliberations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1628485849708101633" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Holder Emotionless At Wednesday&&num;8217&semi;s Sentencing&comma; Was Not Eligible For Death Penalty<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Superior Court Judge H&period; Clay Jacke handed down the sentence Wednesday after listening to a letter from Holder&&num;8217&semi;s father read aloud in court and hearing from one of Nip&&num;8217&semi;s friends&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dressed in orange jail attire&comma; Holder stared emotionless throughout the proceedings and did not react when the sentence was read&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was not eligible for the death penalty&comma; however it was already a foregone conclusion that his sentencing would guarantee he would spend the rest of his life in prison&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58">The sentencing had been delayed in part so defense attorney Aaron Jansen could file motions to reduce Holder’s conviction to manslaughter or second-degree murder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58">Judge Jacke ultimately rejected those motions in December&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;113009" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-113009" style&equals;"width&colon; 1140px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-113009" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;GettyImages-983141868-scaled&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1140" height&equals;"760" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-113009" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Nipsey Hussle performs onstage at Live&excl; Red&excl; Ready&excl; Pre-Show&comma; sponsored by Nissan&comma; at the 2018 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 24&comma; 2018 in Los Angeles&comma; California&period; &lpar;Photo by Neilson Barnard&sol;Getty Images for BET&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Holder&&num;8217&semi;s Attorney &&num;8220&semi;Deeply Disappointed&&num;8221&semi; In The Verdict&comma; Which They Plan To Appeal<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Jansen said afterward that he was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;deeply disappointed” in the verdict&comma; which they planned to appeal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He did manage a minor victory for his client by securing the attempted voluntary manslaughter convictions where prosecutors had sought attempted murder verdicts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hussle&comma; whose legal name is Ermias Asghedom&comma; and Holder had actually known each other for years growing up as members of the Rollin’ 60s in South LA&period; Both had aspirations of becoming rappers&comma; however only Hussle would go on to become a local hero and a national celebrity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; actor Lauren London&comma; who was Hussle’s partner and the mother of his two young children&comma; did not attend any part of the trial&comma; nor did any of his family&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"112989" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;eric-holder-jr-sentenced-to-60-years-to-life-in-prison&sol;" data-secure&equals;"40a47892f0"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;font-size&colon; 25px&semi;font-weight&colon; 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