Published on: Thursday, January 5, 2023
Joseph "Tiger King" Maldonado-Passage was sentenced to 22 years in prison for hiring two hitmen to take out his foe, an animal-rights activist. (Neither was successful; one went to the beach instead, and one was an undercover FBI agent.) Tenth Circuit (2021): Convictions stand but resentence the man. District court: Fine, 21 years. Tenth Circuit (2022): Fine, 21 years it is.