'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic's prison sentenced vacated, court orders resentencing
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A U.S. appeals court vacated “Tiger King” docuseries star Joe Exotic's prison sentence Wednesday and ordered his resentencing, court filings obtained by Fox News show.
Maldonado-Passage is two years into a 22-year prison sentence stemming from a failed murder-for-hire plot against his rival, big cat rescue sanctuary owner, Carole Baskin. Circuit Judge Gregory Phillips reaffirmed Maldonado-Passage's 2018 federal indictment on 21 counts including wildlife crimes and two murder-for-hire plots but said that because Baskin attended trial proceedings that did not group Maldonado-Passage's two murder-for-hire convictions involving the same victim together – as required by federal guidelines – Maldonado-Passage's current conviction must be vacated.More Related News