Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Michael Devine delivered a 40-year sentence, which was just under the prosecutors’ requested sentence.
FAIRFAX, Va. — A man convicted of the 2023 slaying of his girlfriend at a Fairfax County park was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison, after a judge cited the defendant’s heavy use of psychedelic mushrooms on the night of the killing as one of his mitigating factors.
Rami El-Sayed, 36, was sentenced by Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Michael Devine on charges of first-degree murder and concealing a dead body. Prosecutors, who detailed a brutal
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