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William Balfour has finally been sentenced after being convicted of

killing Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother-in-law, and nephew.

After a long 4 years of seeking justice for the death of her family

members, today justice was served.  Chicago’s Cook County Judge

Charles Burns handed down three consecutive life sentences for the

murders and 120 years for the additional felonies of home invasion and

aggravated kidnapping.

Balfour’s life sentence comes with no option of parole.

Jennifer, her sister Julia and her slain nephew Julian’s father

Gregory were all in the courtroom at the time of the sentencing today,

and were tearful as this chapter came to a close.

According to the Chicago Tribune, Balfour had the audacity to give a

statement to the court saying:

My condolences go out to the family. My deepest sympathies go to

Julian King. I loved him. I still love him.”

The judge didn’t take kindly to this statement and rebutted:

“The fact that you can stand in court and tell us you love that

child is an insult to all of us.  There’s no doubt in my mind he

looked up to you as you were putting bullets into his head. I just

hope his terror was short-lived.”

A member of Balfour’s family burst into tears and ran out of the courtroom.