A man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a Manatee County jury convicted him of killing two roommates inside their Bradenton duplex , prosecutors said.
A Manatee County judge sentenced 31-year-old Jamal Lamar Blakely to life in prison after the jury found him guilty of two counts of second-degree murder with a firearm following a February trial at the Manatee County courthouse, according to court records.
Circuit Judge Ryan Felix imposed the sentence immediately after the trial, records show. The life sentence will be served in addition to a prison term Blakely is already serving in a separate sexual battery case…