- Ahmed Sharif-Mohamed Ali was sentenced to 15 years to life for murder.
- Ali was convicted of killing Modibo Diallo in 2015 during a fight.
- Ali’s attorney cited his mental illness; the judge ordered consecutive sentences.
SALT LAKE CITY — Mohammed Diallo said his “entire world turned upside down” the day his brother was killed. It wasn’t just a brother he lost that day; Diallo said his brother was also his closest friend.
The one thing he can do to make it better, Mohammed Diallo said during a sentencing hearing Thursday, is to go to each parole hearing for Ahmed Sharif-Mohamed Ali and encourage the parole board to keep the man who took his brother from him in prison.
“He denied my brother his future. My brother cannot make a family. … I want to make sure he (Ali) will stay there as long as he can,” he said…