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A former New York City corrections officer has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his two children -- one of them a toddler who was in her high chair when she was shot.
A jury convicted Everett George of murder and sentenced him Monday. Jurors rejected his claim that he was suffering extreme emotional distress and did not understand his actions were wrong.
Prosecutor Maxine Rosenthal said George killed his 1-year-old daughter and her 12-year-old brother on Nov. 24, 2004, to punish their mother for seeing another man.
The 38-year-old George became a Rikers Island jail officer in 1997 but quit in 1998. His sentence does not allow parole.
