A former Hawaii-based soldier who avoided the death penalty in his 5-year-old daughter’s beating death will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
A federal judge in Honolulu on Friday sentenced Naeem Williams to life in prison, capping what was the first death penalty case to go to trial in Hawaii since it became a state.
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