A woman convicted of killing her Miami Police officer boyfriend was sentenced to life in prison Friday.
Tiniko Thompson, 48, was convicted in August of second-degree murder of her boyfriend, former Miami Police officer Carl Patrick, in 2014.
"It's the considered judgment of the court that the defendant will be remanded to the custody of the department of corrections for her natural life," Judge Jeffrey Cohen said at Friday's sentencing hearing.
After the judge's decision, family and friends of the late Miami Police officer embraced while his mother was brought to tears.
"He was to me a good son. My Lord has given justice today because my son was good to that lady and he loved her so much, he couldn't see the ugly in her," mother Lucile Patrick said.
Prosecutors say she shot Patrick inside their Pembroke Pines home and left him to die. After her arrest, Thompson claimed Patrick had been abusing her – including a story that the fight that day caused her to have a miscarriage.
In a previous "Stand Your Ground" hearing, Thompson had confessed to the shooting but claimed it was self-defense.
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At Friday's hearing, Thompson's attorney asked for 25 years for his client.
"I'm sorry, I defended myself which I felt I had all right to me. But I didn't mean for Carl to die," Thompson said at Friday's sentencing.
