A federal judge is set to decide a new sentence Friday for 'Tiger King' Joe Exotic after a successful appeal in 2021.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A federal judge is set to decide a new sentence Friday for"Tiger King" Joe Exotic after an appeals court ruled last year that the prison term he's serving on a murder-for-hire conviction should be shortened.
Maldonado-Passage was expected to attend Friday's sentencing in Oklahoma City after a judge approved his transfer from a federal medical center in Butner, North Carolina. Last month, attorneys for the former Oklahoma zookeeper said he was delaying prostate cancer treatment until after his resentencing.
Both were featured in Netflix's"Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness." The show was a breakout hit as people were forced to stay home in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. Maldonado-Passage, who maintains his innocence, also was convicted of killing five tigers, selling tiger cubs and falsifying wildlife records. His attorneys are asking for a lesser sentence than what the guidelines call for, alleging"imperfect entrapment, sentencing manipulation, and outrageous government conduct."
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