By Alicia Cruz
New Jersey Newsroom
New Jersey Newsroom
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Oxygen's television show, Snapped, features the story of a Raleigh, North Carolina woman accused of plotting the Dec. 18, 2005 murder of her husband, a Navy reservist home on leave from Iraq.
Oxygen's television show, Snapped, features the story of a Raleigh, North Carolina woman accused of plotting the Dec. 18, 2005 murder of her husband, a Navy reservist home on leave from Iraq.
Monique Berkley lured her husband, Paul Berkley to Millbrook Exchange Park where he was shot by two men Andrew Canty, then 20 and Latwon Johnson. Mrs. Berkley was having an affair with Canty and Johnson was dating the Berkley's daughter.
Mrs. Berkley told
police she tried to call off the plot to kill her husband, but police
didn't believe her and she was charged with first-degree murder.
Deciding not to run the risk of going to trial where prosecutors would
seek the death penalty, she opted to plead guilty to first-degree
murder. She was later sentenced to life in prison without the
possibility of parole.Canty, whom Berkley moved into her and her husband's home while the 46-year-old Sailor was away fighting the war in Iraq, also pleaded guilty to First Degree murder and received a life sentence. His co-conspirator, Johnson, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and received 23 years in prison despite the fact that he cooperated with investigators.
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While awaiting trial
at the Wake County jail for his role in the murder of Paul Berkley,
Canty took part in a jail riot that injured a corrections officer. He
and more than 10 fellow inmates were later charged with felony rioting
and assault on a government official, McClatchy.com reported.
Johnson, who later appealed his conviction stating he felt it was too harsh, is confined at a prison in Bertie County, NC. Since his incarceration he has racked up four infractions that include escape and assault charges, according to his N.C. Department of Corrections record.
Johnson, who later appealed his conviction stating he felt it was too harsh, is confined at a prison in Bertie County, NC. Since his incarceration he has racked up four infractions that include escape and assault charges, according to his N.C. Department of Corrections record.
Berkley, now 32, is serving out her life sentence at NCCI in Wake County. Since her incarceration she has been charged with three infractions.
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