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50 Years in Prison for Man Who Set Senior Citizen on Fire Inside Elevator

50 Years in Prison for Man Who Set Senior Citizen on Fire Inside Elevator

November 8, 2012 Updated Nov 8, 2012 at 1:04 PM EDT

A long sentence for a horrific crime.

According to a report from the New York Daily News, a 48-year-old New York man was sentenced Wednesday to a minimum of 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he killed a 71-year-old woman by dousing her with gasoline and setting her on fire inside an elevator last year.

Read the New York Daily News report HERE.

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