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- August 23, 2019
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During a sentencing hearing Aug. 23, a DC Superior Court judge sentenced a convicted murderer to 18 years in prison.
Jamal Blocker pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed in connection to the death of 23-year-old Damon Dickens on the 2500 block of Bowen Road, SE on Sept. 24, 2018. Blocker was charged as an adult.
]Judge Ronna L. Beck sentenced Blocker, 17, to 18 years in prison, with five years of supervised release after hearing statements from Dickens’ aunt and mother.
Blocker was originally charged with first-degree murder while armed. He was given an offer to plea to the lesser charge of second-degree murder in April.
After his prison term, Blocker is required to serve five years on supervised release.
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