Supreme Court Upholds Joe Exotic's Murder-for-Hire Conviction

0:00The Supreme Court just shut down Joe Exotic's last big appeal on his murder for higher conviction from back in 2019. That's the Tiger King, dude. Real name Joseph Maldenado Passage. Doing a 21-year stretch for plotting to take out Carol Baskin and messing. With wildlife records, plus endangered species act violations. His lawyer pushed hard, saying bogus witness testimonies tanked the whole trials credibility, especially in such a high-profile case, hinging on who. To believe. But, the justices said no dice on Monday. Exotic's bounced around prisons. First butner in North Carolina, now federal medical center, Ford Worth, after a cancer scare that got him a one-year. Sentence cut back in 2021. He's been begging for mercy, even hitting up Trump for a pardon earlier this year, calling the system rigged for the poor and connected. Meanwhile, his Oklahoma Zoo folded in 2020, amid animal neglect claims, scattering the big cast of sanctuaries nationwide.

1:02Ford landed a Carolina tiger rescue right here in Chatham County, North Carolina, including a rare white tiger named the Veen, who sadly got put down in. February, from some mystery brain damage. As Exotic sits tight till 36, the saga reminds us how fame collides with the law, leaving animals and activists in the aftermath. That's your update from Durham News Today, Power by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.