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Former US intel director’s daughter sentenced to 35 years for murder
Sophia Negroponte was resentenced to 35 years after an appeals court ordered a retrial due to improperly admitted evidence in her 2023 murder conviction.
- On Friday, Sophia Negroponte was sentenced to 35 years in prison by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Terrence McGann for the fatal stabbing of Yousuf Rasmussen on Feb. 13, 2020 in Rockville.
- Following the appeals court ruling, the case returned to circuit court after it said contested police interrogation and credibility testimony had been improperly admitted at her 2023 conviction.
- At the scene, witnesses and the 911 caller reported a dispute and a fatal stabbing after Negroponte armed herself with a knife and stabbed Rasmussen multiple times, McCarthy said.
- After the guilty verdict, prosecutors welcomed the outcome, with McCarthy saying 'This is an appropriate and just outcome in light of the seriousness of this crime and the consistent findings of two separate juries who carefully evaluated the evidence'.
- Family ties, including her status as one of five adopted Honduran children, added public interest because Negroponte is the daughter of John Negroponte, former U.S. director of national intelligence and former ambassador.
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Adopted daughter of George W Bush’s intelligence director John Negroponte sentenced in friend’s drunken murder
The adopted daughter of former President George W. Bush’s Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte was sentenced to 35 years in prison for Yousuf Rasmussen's murder.
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Former US intel director’s daughter sentenced to 35 years for murder
The daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of a friend after a drunken argument at a Maryland home.
·United States
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