The death sentence for the man convicted of killing Dru Sjodin in 2003 has been changed to life in prison.
A federal appeals court judge officially reduced the sentence for 70-year-old Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. last week.
Rodriguez had been sentenced to death in 2007.
North Dakota U.S. Attorney Mac Schneider withdrew his effort to seek the death penalty for Rodriguez at the direction of U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Rodriguez kidnapped Sjodin from a mall in Grand Forks, sexually assaulted her, then killed her, leaving her in a ravine near Crookston.
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