The sentence for Mathew Borges was the maximum allowed. He was convicted in the November 2016 killing of 16-year-old Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino.
SALEM, Mass. — A Massachusetts teenager convicted of fatally stabbing and then decapitating a high school classmate has been sentenced to life in prison.
A jury convicted Borges in May of first-degree murder in the November 2016 killing of 16-year-old Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino. Viloria-Paulino's decapitated body and head were found along the banks of a river by a dog walker.Under Massachusetts law, a first-degree murder conviction carries a life sentence without the possibility of parole for adults. But parole eligibility must be added if the crime was committed as a juvenile.
Borges' attorney said they plan to appeal. If the conviction is upheld, Borges he will be in his 40s when he is eligible for parole.
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