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BROOKLYN---Two men who plotted a violent escape attempt from a Brooklyn courtroom last January have been sentenced to 22 years in prison.
Troy Hendrix, 22 and Kayson Pearson, 24, were on trial for murder last Jan. 19 for the 2003 kidnapping, rape and murder of 19-year-old Hunter College student Ramona Moore and the kidnapping and rape of another woman who survived.
During the trial, the two defendants smuggled sharpened plastic prison shivs into the courtroom in order to use them as weapons in an escape attempt. Pearson and Hendrix used the makeshift knives to attack a defense attorney and a court officer before they were subdued and arrested.
They were convicted of murder in April to life in prison without parole plus 25 years.
In October, they were convicted of attempted robbery in the second degree, attempted first degree assault, attempted first degree escape for the courtroom attack. Additionally, Pearson alone was convicted of two counts of first degree promoting prison contraband. 11-20-06
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