NEWPORT, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky woman has been sentenced to life in prison for killing her on-again, off-again boyfriend.
News outlets report 27-year-old Shayna Hubers was sentenced Thursday in the 2012 shooting death of 29-year-old Ryan Posten. She was convicted of murder in his slaying in August.
She also was convicted of murder in the slaying in 2015. That conviction was overturned when a juror was found to be a convicted felon. Kentucky doesn’t allow convicted felons to sit on juries.
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Hubers has argued she shot Posten in self-defense. Prosecutors say she killed him because he was ending the relationship.
Hubers’ attorney David Eldridge asked Hubers be sentenced to 20 years, arguing her behavior was “mitigated” by her diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. It’s unclear if Hubers’ defense will appeal the case.
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