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McKenney Sentenced to Life in Pueblo
James McKenney was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole for the Feb. 7 shooting death of Joshua Herbert at a Pueblo Days Inn. A jury convicted him of first-degree murder on Nov. 2.
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Life without parole is the judgment on a first-degree murder conviction. Colorado law does not leave a later parole date on that count. Herbert is dead, and the sentence does not bring him back.
A Pueblo County judge on Tuesday sentenced James McKenney to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder in the shooting death of Joshua Herbert.
Police said officers were called at 6:34 p.m. on Feb. 7 to the Days Inn at 4201 North Elizabeth Street and found Herbert, 39, dead. They said an argument had turned into the shooting. McKenney was arrested that Monday. A jury convicted him on Nov. 2 after an 11-day trial. The Pueblo Police Department said the Colorado Attorney General's Office served as special prosecutor.
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