LOS ANGELES -- Former Oakland Raiders defensive end Anthony Wayne Smith was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for the 1999 torture killings of two brothers and the 2001 slaying of another man.
A Los Angeles County jury convicted Smith, 48, in November of three counts of murder with special circumstances of torture, kidnapping and multiple murders.
Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on a fourth murder charge, involving the slaying of Smith's friend Maurilio Ponce.
Prosecutors said Smith was sentenced to three consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole.