Austin Thompson, center, listens in court in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, as Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul C. Ridgeway sentences him to five life sentences without the possibility ...
On Monday, the judge who sentenced Austin Thompson to life in prison with no chance of parole laid out his exact reasoning in ...
Judge Paul Ridgeway explained his reasoning for the life sentence without parole for Austin Thompson, citing "permanent ...