Louisville man sent to prison for 3rd slaying

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Louisville man has been sentenced to prison for murder for the third time in his life.

WLKY-TV in Louisville reported (http://bit.ly/1FT2i96 ) that 70-year-old James Seay got 20 years in prison on Tuesday for the stabbing and beating death of another man in 2013.

Seay was initially convicted of murder in 1982 and spent 14 years in prison and was released in 1996. He went back to prison for 24 years after being convicted of killing another man in 1996.

He was released from the second sentence in 2011.

The latest case started in February 2013 when Orville Avis was found stabbed and beaten to death inside his apartment.

Seay pleaded guilty in August.

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Information from: WLKY-TV, http://wlky.com

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