Mediagazer: Judge sentences Capital Gazette gunman to five life terms without parole for killing five people in newsroom shooting (Capital Gazette)

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Judge sentences Capital Gazette gunman to five life terms without parole for killing five people in newsroom shooting — An Anne Arundel County judge on Tuesday sentenced the man who blasted his way into the Capital Gazette newsroom and killed five people to six life sentences …

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