Prosecutors had sought the death penalty against 27-year-old Jason Clinger. He was convicted last week of first- and second-degree murder in the killings of 22-year-old Davon Makeys Jones and 21-year-old Dianikqua Arshell Johnson.

During the death penalty phase of the trial, Clinger's mother and grandmother pleaded with jurors to spare his life.

Hunters found the bodies of Jones and Johnson in the woods of rural western Pennsylvania in November 2006. Prosecutors say the shootings were drug related.