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- February 14, 2020
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A murder defendant is sentenced Feb. 14 to more than 19-years in prison for a homicide by stabbing.
Darius Murphy is sentenced to prison for second-degree murder while armed for stabbing Jason Wood on the 1600 block of Benning Road, NE, on Feb. 22, 2019. Apparently, Murphy, 24, and Wood, 39, engaged in a physical altercation before Wood left the scene. Murphy stabbed Wood ten minutes later.
Murphy pleaded guilty at a hearing on Sept. 13, 2019.
In addition to his confinement terms, Murphy will also serve five years on supervised release and is ordered to pay $100 to the Victims of Violent Crime Act.
This article was written by Noa Donvan