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Joe Exotic's Sentence Was Wrongly Calculated—He Now Has To Spend 21 Years In Prison
It was nearly impossible to look away from the wacky, twisted story of Tiger King. Joe Exotic found himself in the middle of a murder-for-hire plot investigation and was subsequently sentenced to 22 years in prison.
By Gina Florio1 min read
In April 2020 Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for murder-for-hire and for violating the Lacey Act and Endangered Species Act. He allegedly hired two people to kill Carole Baskin, an animal sanctuary owner he had a longstanding contentious relationship with. The two openly hated each other for quite some time.