Like her husband, Yolanda Thompson will spend the rest of the her life in prison for the murder of Marisha Jeter

Citing the premeditation and brutality involved in the murder of the 16-year-old Union County High School student, Circuit Judge Lee Alford of York sentenced Thompson to life in prison without the possibility of parole this morning.

Alford also sentenced Thompson to 30 years in prison for kidnapping, 30 years for armed robbery and five years for possession of a knife during the commission of a violent crime. This was in addition to the five years Alford sentenced Thompson to in March for criminal conspiracy.

The sentences will run concurrently.

Thompson pleaded guilty to all the charges against her in March, but with the exception of the criminal conspiracy charge, Alford delayed her sentencing until after her husband’s trial. As part of her plea agreement with the state, Thompson agreed to testify against her husband. At the time of her sentencing, Thompson was given credit for the 14 months she’d already served in jail.

Thompson’s husband, Pernell Clayton Thompson Jr., pleaded guilty in September to the Jan. 3, 2008, slaying of Jeter and was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

(A more detailed update of this story will be published on this website later today and in the Saturday edition of The Union Daily Times.)