Several Minnesota families saw justice served on Thursday morning after five young women were killed in a high-speed crash two summers ago in Minneapolis.
A jury found 29-year-old Derrick Thompson guilty last month in the deaths of Sahra Gesaade, 20; Salma Abdikadir, 20; Sabiriin Ali 17; Sagal Hersi, 19; and Siham Odhowa, 19. The group of friends were preparing for a friend’s wedding at the time of the crash.
On Thursday morning, Judge Carolina A. Lamas sentenced Thompson to 58 years and eight months. He’ll serve nearly 40 of those years in prison, with about 19.5 of those years accounting for supervised release. He also has a credit of 767 days for time served…