Killer Gets 3 Life Sentences
On July - 24 - 2012
Balfour Gets 3 Life Sentences in Hudson Family Murders
CHICAGO, Illinois — William Balfour, who was convicted by a Cook County jury in May in the 2008 murders of singer Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew, was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Judge Charles Burns imposed three consecutive life sentences for the murders and 120 years for the underlying felonies of home invasion and aggravated kidnapping. An emotional Burns told Balfour his crimes “send a chill through all of us” and said Balfour’s “soul is as barren as dark space.” READ MORE HERE
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