Ex-sheriff gets life in prison in drug case
BENTON – A former southern Illinois sheriff was resentenced Friday to spend the rest of his life in prison after his initial life sentence was tossed on a procedural glitch.
A federal judge rejected former Gallatin County Sheriff Raymond Martin’s plea for mercy and sentenced him to more two life terms in a drug-trafficking case where Martin allegedly plotted to have witnesses killed.
Before he was sentenced, Martin asked for a chance at freedom.
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