Randeep Mann, the Russellville doctor convicted of responsibility for a bomb that seriously injured Trent Pierce of West Memphis, the chairman of the state Medical Board, was given a life sentence today in federal court in Little Rock.

Prosecutors made the case that Mann was motivated by his disciplinary problems before the Medical Board for over-prescription of painkillers. His wife, Sangeeta, convicted of obstructing the investigation of the case, will be sentenced next week. this afternoon. She received a one-year sentence, David Goins of Fox 16 reports on Twitter.

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