‘AMERICAN SNIPER’ VERDICT
Guilty: Eddie Ray Routh was found guilty last night in the 2013 shooting deaths of two men, including “American Sniper” Chris Kyle. Routh’s attorneys said he was insane, but the Texas jury didn’t buy it (they deliberated less than three hours). The judge immediately sentenced him to life in prison with no chance at parole. The mother of Chad Littlefield, the other victim, said after waiting two years for justice, the family was “thrilled” with the verdict.
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Walloped: Winter fully turns its attention to the South (and away from Boston, at least for awhile) for the next few days as the region is poised to get hit with a wicked wintry mix in a band stretching from the lower Mississippi Valley to southern Virginia. Oh, and just so they won’t feel left out, the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains will absorb a blast of Arctic air that will drop temperatures 30 degrees below average by Friday. But not everyone is shivering in the cold. The high in Orlando Wednesday will be 76 degrees. Just saying…
