DENVER—A Denver man who entered an insanity plea in the beating death of a woman whose body was found stuffed in a barrel has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Jurors concluded Friday that Ahmad Clewis-Green was sane when he beat 27-year-old Esperanza Pardue and was legally culpable for her death in 2008.
Clewis-Green has said Pardue had sex with him for $10 in his apartment. Prosecutors say that when she asked for her money, he backhanded her in the face and beat her with a lead pipe.
Clewis-Green told police the beating happened after he killed his cat and liked the feeling.
His attorney Phelicia Kossie-Butler said Clewis-Green has stepped in and out of reality throughout his life.
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Information from: The Denver Post,
