Former Haitian Senator John Joël Joseph Convicted to Life Term in President Jovenel Moïse's Assassination Case

Former Haitian senator John Joël Joseph was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday by federal judge Jose Martinez after pleading guilty to conspiring to kill President Jovenel Moïse, as reported by the Miami Herald. However, during a hearing, the ex-politician told a federal judge in Miami that his intention was only to stop President Jovenel Moïse, not to assassinate him. The former senator, the third defendant to receive the maximum sentence from federal judge Jose Martinez in the case of Haiti's president's assassin