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Posted: Apr 02, 2019 3:06 PMUpdated: Apr 02, 2019 3:06 PM

Joe Exotic Convicted for Murder for Hire Plot

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Garrett Giles

A federal jury has convicted a former Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate and zookeeper in an attempted murder-for-hire plot. Jurors returned the guilty verdict Tuesday in the trial of 56-year-old Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage. He was accused of trying to arrange the killing of Carole Baskin, who criticized his treatment of animals. Baskin wasn't harmed. Maldonado-Passage, known as "Joe Exotic," faces more than 20 years in prison.


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