Man Gets Life For Killing LA Liquor Store Owner
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who robbed and killed the owner of a South Los Angeles liquor store has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
City News Service says 51-year-old Larry Stewart was sentenced Friday for the 2005 death of Sang Yun Kim. Prosecutors say the 58-year-old merchant was beaten, choked with his own belt and burned with bleach.
Stewart was convicted of murder with special circumstances, robbery, burglary and taking a vehicle.
Prosecutors dropped their bid for the death penalty after two juries deadlocked on whether to recommend execution.
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