Maryland Appeals Court Throws Out Murder Conviction of Former US Intelligence Director’s Daughter

Maryland Appeals Court Throws Out Murder Conviction of Former US Intelligence Director’s Daughter
Sophia Negroponte. Montgomery County Police Dept. via AP
The Associated Press
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ANNAPOLIS, Md.—A Maryland appeals court has thrown out the murder conviction of the daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte.

Sophia Negroponte, 30, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced last year to 35 years in prison in the 2020 stabbing death of her friend, 24-year-old Yousuf Rasmussen, after a drunken argument.