A Thomasville man has been sentenced to nearly 100 years in prison after being convicted of a 2020 ambush murder. Jarquise Hayes, 21, was sentenced by Circuit Judge J. Perry Newton to 94 years in state prison for the murder of Nicholas Bettis, 21, in November 2020. District Attorney Stephen Winters said he hopes the lengthy sentence will deter others from taking another person’s life. “On behalf of the State of Alabama and the Bettis family, I a…
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