Northern Minn. man sentenced for fatally punching 23-month-old son in head

A northern Minnesota man suspected of long-running child abuse has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatally hitting his 23-month-old son.

Gary W. Jackson Jr., 26, of Redby, was sentenced in federal court in Bemidji on Thursday after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in connection with the death of Darren Earl Lee Jackson.

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