Vance Boelter Sentenced to Two Life Terms Plus 40 Years for Minnesota Lawmaker Killings

Vance Boelter, 59, received two consecutive life sentences plus 40 years in federal court on July 23, 2026, for killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and shooting Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette in June 2025. He pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty. Prosecutors called it "an assault on democracy."