Joe Exotic is to be resentenced
The former zoo owner is currently in prison on a 22-year sentence after being found guilty of plotting to have animal rights activist Carole Baskin murdered, and for multiple wildlife violations 17 July 2021
But the Tiger King star - whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage - appealed the decision, claiming the court shouldn t have allowed Carole to attend the whole trial because she was a witness, and that his two murder-for hire convictions should ve been combined rather than separated.
And on Wednesday (14.07.21), a district court agreed the court should have initially grouped his two murder-for-hire convictions together, but insisted it was Carole s right to attend the trial as a victim.
Tiger King star Joe Exotic to be re-sentenced for Carole Baskin murder plot By Tori B. Powell 48 Hours Suspicion : The Tiger King Mystery
A district court on Wednesday ordered Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as Joe Exotic, to be re-sentenced for the murder-for-hire plot targeting animal activist Carole Baskin. Despite the re-sentencing, which is the result of two charges being improperly separated, the convictions still stand.
Maldonado-Passage, the 58-year-old star of the Tiger King docu-series, was convicted in 2019 on 21 counts: Two for hiring hitmen to kill Baskin, and 19 counts of wildlife crimes. In 2020, he was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
Maldonado-Passage appealed the decision on two grounds. First, he argued that the court erred in allowing Baskin to attend the entire trial, because she was also serving as a witness and could have changed her testimony based on what she heard. He also claimed his two murder-for hire convictions
10th Circuit Overturns Tiger King’s Sentence
A federal appeals panel upheld a jury s convictions against “Tiger King” docuseries star Joe Exotic but remanded the case to the district for resentencing.
FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2013, file photo, the late Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as Joe Exotic, answers a question during an interview at the zoo he runs in Wynnewood, Okla. The Oklahoma zoo, featured in Netflix’s “Tiger King” documentary, has closed after federal authorities investigated it for alleged maltreatment of animals and suspended its license. The Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park closed to the public after the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, suspended the exhibitor license for current-owner Jeff Lowe for 21 days.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
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