28-08-2020 17:37 via sltrib.com

Utah inmate gets life sentence for stabbing another prisoner to death

A Utah inmate will spend the rest of his life in prison for stabbing and stomping a fellow prisoner and rival gang member to death at the Utah State Prison in 2016.Ramon Rivera, now 34, pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated murder, admitting he beat and stabbed 24-year-old Jeffrey Vigil to death while at the Draper prison. A judge then sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole.Rivera’s plea spared him the death penalty, and prosecutors also agreed to dismiss two oth
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