50 years to life for NYC club bouncer

A nightclub bouncer has been sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for two killings he claimed police committed.

Stephen Sakai declined to speak as he was sentenced Thursday in state Supreme Court. The 32-year-old was convicted last month of second-degree murder in the 2005 deaths of Wayne Tyson and Edwin Mojica.

During his trial, Sakai claimed police killed the victims because they were helping him gather evidence against corrupt officers.

Authorities said Sakai made incriminating statements about the killings after he was arrested in a third killing, this one during a shootout outside a trendy Manhattan lounge in May 2006. Sakai is awaiting trial on a second-degree murder charge in that case.