Minnesota man gets 2 life sentences for killing Democratic lawmaker and her husband

Vance Boelter, a 59-year-old Minnesota man, has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. Boelter pleaded guilty to the June 2025 fatal shooting of Democratic state lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband. The sentencing occurred on Thursday, over a year after the political attacks. Boelter entered a guilty plea to avoid the death penalty, resulting in two life sentences for the killings of the lawmaker and her spouse.