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A Port Royal woman has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for her conviction in the shooting death of the father of one of her children. Local news outlets report that 23-year-old Jasmine Femia was found guilty Wednesday in Beaufort. She was sentenced by Circuit Judge Michael Nettles to 45 years for murder and another five years for conspiracy in the January 2015 shooting death of Nicholas Degros. The victim was shot outside his Beaufort home. Femia's attorney requested a 30-year sentence, saying his client had a difficult childhood, no previous convictions and has two small children. The victim's family asked that she receive the maximum sentence.