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PHILADELPHIA<\/strong> – A 31-year-old woman was sentenced today to life in prison for her role in a 2004 firebombing that killed six members of a federal witness’s family, federal prosecutors said<\/p>\n

Kidada Savage is the sister of Kaboni Savage<\/strong> who ordered the Oct. 9, 2004 firebombing and who was sentenced to death for 12 counts of murder in aid of racketeering.<\/p>\n

Kidada Savage was convicted on May 13, 2013, of six counts of murder in aid of racketeering, all related to the firebombing of Eugene Coleman\u2019s family home. Coleman was a federal witness at the time. Six people, including four children, were killed in the arson.<\/p>\n

Before U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick issued the mandatory sentence, Savage, sister of drug lord Kaboni Savage, insisted she was not guilty, the Philadelphia Inquirer <\/a>reported.<\/p>\n

“Your honor, I was railroaded,” Savage told the court. “I admit this was a tragedy. . . . I know I did nothing wrong” according to the Inquirer.<\/p>\n

Kaboni and Kidada Savage were also convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, retaliating against a witness by murder and using fire to commit a felony.<\/p>\n

Kidada Savage acted as a go-between for her brother, who was in federal custody awaiting a drug trial, and Lamont Lewis, who committed the firebombing.<\/p>\n

Lewis pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing.<\/p>\n

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Robert Merritt and Steven Northington were also convicted in the case. Northington was sentenced to life; Merritt is awaiting sentencing.<\/p>\n

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