2nd-degree murder sentencing
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The two men charged in the death of a man in Taputimu in 2020, have been sentenced to seven years at the Tafuna Correctional Facility.
Aperaamo Tonia and Ofisa Malo were initially charged with second-degree murder but they struck a plea bargain with the government and...

![A Samoa News file photo of the defendants when they were first arraigned in the high court back in 2020; Aperaamo Tonia (L) and Ofisa Malo (R). [Samoa News file photo] Aperaamo Tonia (L) and Ofisa Malo (R)](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/defendants_in_manslaughter_case123.jpg?itok=n_RCbyUD)