Eric Holder Jr., the man convicted last year in the 2019 shooting of rapper Nipsey Hussle, has been sentenced to 60 years in prison, the Associated Press reports.
Holder was found guilty in July 2022 of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and possession of a firearm by a felon and faced a maximum sentence of life in prison.
The sentence was delivered by Superior Court Judge H. Clay Jacke in a Los Angeles court. Herman “Cowboy” Douglas, a close friend of Hussle’s who witnessed the murder, delivered an impact statement before sentencing. “Nipsey was my friend,” he said, “he was like a son, he was like a dad… Our community right now, we lost everything, everything we worked for.
One man’s mistake, one man’s action, messed up a whole community.” Read Next: Nipsey Hussle has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame “I don’t care what you give this guy,” Douglas said, addressing the judge. “It ain’t about the time.
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