Crime & Justice

‘Joe Exotic’ Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Murder-for-Hire Plot, Killing Tigers

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Joseph Maldonado-Passage, a notorious big-cat breeder, was accused of plotting to kill Florida animal rights activist Carole Baskin.

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