A US District Court on Thursday sentenced Vance Boelter to two consecutive life terms plus 40 years in prison for the fatal shooting of former Minnesota Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, in a politically motivated attack.

Vance Boelter has received two life sentences for killing former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark.

The Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to killing a top Democratic state lawmaker and her husband is due to be sentenced in federal court