A Pennsylvania man who admitted to trying to kill the mother of his child during a fight over custody listened to her speak in court as his fate was sealed.
Ezekiel Sanderful, 33, was sentenced by Lancaster County Judge Merrill Spahn to 13 1/2 to 40 years in state prison after he pleaded guilty “to shooting a woman multiple times during an argument over custody of their child,” the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced. The defendant pleaded guilty to attempted murder, aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of children.
“You tried to violently execute me,” Stacy Rodriguez — the victim — told Sanderful in court. At times fighting through tears, she described how she was “crying in agony and pleading for my life” during the attack…