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<h3 id="ext-gen50"><span style="color:#290404;">Shield actor Michael Jace,<span id="ext-gen51"> lasdt week convicted of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting death of April Jace<br />
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<h3><span style="color:#290404;">Jace, 53, <strong>shot his wife in front of their two sons at their LA home. He is </strong>jailed 40 years </span></h3>
<h3><span style="color:#290404;">Weeping in-laws family walk out of court during his apology. Aprils&#8217; mother, Kay Henry, visibly shaken as she left court room during the Jace elocution</span></h3>
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<h6><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-31323" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/michael-jace11.jpg" alt="michael jace1" width="756" height="425" /></strong></h6>
<h6><strong>The struggling actor now faces a life time behind bars</strong></h6>
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<h6><strong>Jace playing the TV cop</strong></h6>
<p>An actor who played a police officer on the TV show &#8220;The Shield&#8221; has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for killing his wife.<br />
Michael Jace was sentenced Friday in Los Angeles after being convicted of second-degree murder in the killing of April Jace.</p>
<h6 class="paragraph"><strong><span class="irc_su" dir="ltr"><img class="alignnone wp-image-31315" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/michael-jace8.jpg" alt="michael-jace8" width="787" height="443" />A deceased April Jace is removed from the couple&#8217;s home in Los Angeles on May 20.</span></strong></h6>
<p class="paragraph">A jury in L.A. found him guilty of shooting and killing <strong>April Jace</strong> in 2014. During the trial, the jury heard a transcript of Michael&#8217;s interview with police &#8230; where he said he only intended to shoot her in the leg while they were arguing about a divorce.Michael shot April twice in the leg and once in the back, according to prosecutors while their 2 sons were in the house.<br />
April&#8217;s parents called 911 to report the shooting, saying Jace had called them and confessed. His father-in-law told dispatchers Jace texted him to say he had just shot his wife April.</p>
<h6 class="paragraph"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-31304" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/michael-jace3.jpg" alt="michael-jace3.jpg" width="696" height="1221" />Micahel Jace and Wife April, he killed a few weeks later</strong></h6>
<p class="paragraph">Michael Jace was sentenced after an emotional hearing in which the victim&#8217;s family members wept as they spoke about the impact of her loss. Jace apologized to the family and said there&#8217;s no justification for his actions, that he had no intention of killing her.<br />
The soon to b 54 Jace has acknowledged fatally shooting his wife in May 2014. His attorney told jurors that Jace acted in the heat of passion.<br />
Prosecutors cited testimony from the couple&#8217;s 10-year-old son, who told jurors that he heard his father say, &#8220;&#8216;If you like running, then run to heaven,'&#8221; before firing the second gunshot.</p>
<h6 class="paragraph"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-31300" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/michael-jace4.jpg" alt="michael-jace4.jpg" width="780" height="439" /> Police say ther were no previous records of Mchael abusing April</strong></h6>
<p class="paragraph">Michael Jace, 53, worked steadily in small roles in films such as &#8220;Planet of the Apes,&#8221; &#8221;Boogie Nights,&#8221; &#8221;Forrest Gump&#8221; and the television series &#8220;Southland.&#8221; had been experiencing financial difficulties and filed for bankruptcy in 2011 and had fallen behind on payments just months before the shooting<br />
Jace, who played a police officer confused about his sexuality on the FX TV series The Shield, said he had planned to kill himself with a revolver that belonged to April&#8217;s father. But he said he lacked the courage and shot his wife instead at their Los Angeles, California, home.<br />
Deputy District Attorney Tannaz Mokayef told jurors that Jace lied about leaving the house and waited for her to return with their sons from a youth baseball game. According to Jace, he shot his wife after she lunged at him and he pushed her away. &#8220;I was just angry,&#8217; Jace told investigators. &#8216;All I intended to do was shoot her in the leg. And then I shot her in the leg and that was it.&#8221;</p>
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From screen cop to lifelong inmate: Former ‘Shield’ actor Michael Jace sentenced to 40 years to life in prison in wife’s killing
