Senate Aide’s Killer Gets Term of 26 Years to Life
A man convicted of killing a Senate aide nearly three years ago was sentenced Thursday to 26 years to life in prison.
Superior Court Judge Geoffrey Alprin called the January, 1992, slaying of Samuel Thomas Barnes “one of the most dastardly and despicable acts I’ve ever seen or heard of.” Alprin said he wished he could have sentenced Edward Evans Jr., 21, to more prison time.
Barnes, a legislative aide to Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.) died four days after being shot in the back of the head at close range near his home about a mile from the Capitol.
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