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An Idaho man who recently admitted to a 1996 murder that sent a wrongfully convicted man to prison for two decades, will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Brian Leigh Dripps Sr., 55, was sentenced to life in prison by a district judge on Tuesday in the decades-old killing of Angie Dodge, according to the Idaho Statesman. In June 1996, 18-year-old Dodge was raped and killed in her Idaho Falls home. The teen’s throat had been cut, nearly decapitating her. Christopher Tapp was wrongfully conv
An Idaho man who recently admitted to a 1996 murder that sent a wrongfully convicted man to prison for two decades, will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) Eighteen-year-old Angie Dodge was raped and killed in her Idaho home a quarter-century ago and an innocent man wrongly served 20 years in prison for the crime. On Tuesday, the man authorities have said is the real killer was sentenced to life in prison.
Brian Leigh Dripps Sr., 55, must serve at least 20 years in prison before he will be eligible for parole, 7th District Judge Joel Tingey said.
Dripps defense attorneys say his medical problems including a history of heart issues and an autoimmune disease makes it unlikely that he will live long enough to get parole. Twenty-five years is a long time to wait for some type of closure on such a brutal crime, Tingey said. . It s impossible to quantify how much damage has been caused, and it s spread wide.