NYC man gets 40 years to life for dismembering Hasidic boy
A New York City hardware store clerk who pleaded guilty to kidnapping, killing and dismembering a little boy who had gotten lost in his ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years to life in prison.
Levi Aron had pleaded guilty this month to lesser charges in a deal that spared him a criminal trial and the possibility of life in prison without parole. Aron admitted he kidnapped and killed 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky after the boy approached him on a Brooklyn street and asked for directions on July 11, 2011. He will be eligible for parole in 40 years. (AP)
