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Timmy James, the son of Lucinda White, reacts as a dove tries to fly after he released the bird in memory of his mother after the sentencing hearing for Ryan G. King, 49, Thursday afternoon before Racine County Circuit Court Judge Michael Piontek... 16, 2013 execution-style fatal shooting of King's longtime girlfriend, White, 44, in the middle of a Racine street. King was sentenced to 40 years behind bars plus 10 years on extended supervision. RACINE – A Racine man never may walk free outside prison walls after he was sentenced on Thursday to 40 years behind bars for the execution-style fatal shooting of his longtime girlfriend in the middle of a Racine street. King, who turned 49 on Tuesday, remained expressionless on Thursday as the sentence was handed down in the 2013 murder of Lucinda White. King said he has no memory of chasing his girlfriend down in the street, putting a gun to her forehead and pulling the trigger. It hurts real bad,” King said during the hearing, while acknowledging he was the man seen on a video chasing White around a car before the fatal shot was fired. Prosecutors say King chased her down before shooting her near the 600 block of Sixth Street. In sentencing King to 40 years behind bars plus 10 years on extended supervision, Racine County Circuit Court Judge Michael Piontek said there is no graver offense than taking someone’s life. Telling him ‘I love you’ and him putting the gun up to her forehead and pulling the trigger,” Piontek said before handing down the maximum amount of prison time for. Source: journaltimes.com
