Darnell Bays,30岁,因杀害Michael Hodges Jr. 被判40年徒刑,29岁,在2023年的一家酒店枪击中,对自愿杀人和持枪指控认罪。 Darnell Bays, 30, sentenced to 40 years for killing Michael Hodges Jr., 29, in a 2023 liquor store shooting, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and gun charges.

30岁的Darnell Bays在2023年向29岁的Michael Hodges Jr. 29岁的Cedar Rapids酒店外枪杀Michael Hodges Jr.时,对故意杀人和持枪指控认罪,被判40年徒刑。 Darnell Bays, 30, was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter and gun charges in the 2023 fatal shooting of Michael Hodges Jr., 29, outside a Cedar Rapids liquor store. Bays声称自卫, 承认在指称的毒品交易中射杀Hodges五次, Bays, who claimed self-defense, admitted to shooting Hodges five times during an alleged drug deal, but prosecutors said they couldn’t prove premeditated murder due to lost evidence and a key witness. 林恩县检察官办公室将认罪协议称为尽可能最强烈的结果,而霍奇斯的家人则批评这一协议,称这起谋杀是蓄意的,并对失去一个值得信赖的善良男人表示悲痛。 The Linn County Attorney’s Office called the plea deal the strongest possible outcome, while Hodges’ family criticized it, calling the killing intentional and expressing grief over the loss of a trusted, kind man. Bays必须至少服满13年才能获得假释资格。 Bays must serve at least 13 years before parole eligibility.