A former fugitive has been sentenced to 48 years in prison for murder.
In sentencing 33-year-old Jason Marshall for the 2005 shooting death of Fabian Joffer, Justice Indra Charles said Friday, "Murders will not be tolerated. People have not yet learned, young men in particular, that you will be punished for serious crimes
"Men have lost control of themselves and retaliate in situations that do not warrant retaliation. Joffer was an innocent bystander."
The sentence takes effect from April 23, the date of his conviction.
A jury accepted the prosecution's contention that Marshall shot Joffer following an argument at a party on Major Road in Yellow Elder Gardens.
Witnesses alleged that Marshall returned with a 9mm pistol and shot Joffer.
Prosecutors said that Marshall's flight from the country to the United States by illegal means was evidence of his guilt.
Marshall was deported from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in February 2011.
He was arrested in Philadelphia for assault after he got into a fight with another man on October 2, 2010.
Marshall's lawyer Ian Cargill said that Marshall was sorry that Joffer had died, but maintained that he did not play a role in his death.
Marshall maintained that he was a victim of mistaken identity.
At the trial, Cargill argued there were three men called Jason at the party and investigators had failed to establish which Jason was responsible for the shooting, as they did not hold an identification parade.

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