Comment on Utah man to serve up to life for home-invasion murder

A Utah man who admitted fatally shooting 18-year-old Eric Padilla last year while robbing the occupants of a Salt Lake City apartment was ordered Monday to spend up to life in prison for his crime. Before 3rd District Judge Paul Parker meted out the punishment, Landon Kavani Johnson said he prays for his victim every night. “Never in my life did I ever think I would become a murderer until I became one,” Johnson, 20, told the packed courtroom. To Parker, who imposed a sentence of 15 years to li... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>