By SANDY McGEE

PROVIDENCE — A former Woonsocket man, who was previously convicted of murdering a Pawtucket woman, was sentenced on Wednesday to two consecutive life prison terms.

Superior Court Judge Robert D. Krause sentenced Barry Offley, formerly of Woonsocket, on Wednesday to two consecutive life prison terms for the murder of 24 year old Jessica Imran of Pawtucket and the shooting of her friend, Julie Lang.
Imran was shot to death in an execution-style slaying in her Pawtucket home in July 2006.
A jury previously found Offley, 21, guilty of shooting Lang, then 28 years old, and the first-degree murder of Imran. A 12-member jury deliberated for only an hour before returning with a guilty verdict on Dec. 5 in Superior Court, Providence.
Offley was found guilty on all eight charges, including one count of first-degree murder; two counts, conspiracy to commit murder; one count, conspiracy to commit burglary; one count, assault with a dangerous weapon in a dwelling house with the intent to commit murder; and one count of burglary.
He was also found guilty on one count of carrying a pistol without a license; one count of discharging a firearm while committing a crime of violence, death resulting; and one count of discharging a firearm while committing a crime of violence, injury resulting.
"With today's sentencing, it's safe to say that there will never be any more victims who will suffer, or die, as a result of the callous brutality exhibited by Barry Offley and Alonzo Shelton," Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said.  "They murdered Jessica Imran and left Julie Lang for dead.  We credit Julie's courageous testimony as crucially important in securing the guilty verdicts returned by two separate juries.  In each case, Judge Krause imposed a penalty commensurate with the level of terror and barbarity unleashed by the defendants in the early morning hours of July 27, 2006."
The homicide occurred when Offley and his then 28-year-old uncle, Alonzo P. Shelton of Central Falls, forced their way into Imran's apartment around 4 a.m. on Lawn Avenue in Pawtucket.
Prosecutors claimed during Offley’s trial that Imran’s friend, Lang, who was at the apartment at the time of the shooting, was the intended target.
Lang was left for dead, but managed to survive after being shot four times.
A national manhunt for both Offley and Shelton followed the shooting. Police received numerous tips after the case aired on the TV show "America's Most Wanted." The men were captured six weeks after the shooting in a housing project in Ocala, Fla.
The prosecution argued during Offley’s trial that Lang was being targeted because she was a witness in an ongoing drug case.
Woonsocket police stopped Lang in her car six months before the shooting and allegedly discovered a small amount of crack cocaine hidden in a cigarette pack in her purse.
Lang, who was with Shelton in the car at the time, allegedly pressured Offley's uncle to tell police the drugs belonged to him.
Shelton, a convicted felon who had just been released from the ACI, was on probation at the time of the Woonsocket traffic stop. According to Lang, Shelton was worried about years of additional jail time if he took the rap.
Shelton was tried separately from his nephew. In May, a jury found Shelton guilty of the same charges as Offley, including the murder of Imran.
Shelton was sentenced last summer to serve 72 years, including two consecutive life terms and a remaining 17 years for a previous conviction.
Imran was engaged and the mother of a 3-year-old girl. Friends described her as a woman with a “6-foot personality in a 4-foot body.”