‘Nobody said no:’ Judge gives hitman 16 years and co-conspirator less prison time in murder-for-hire plot

The Federal Building in Burlington on Friday, Sept. 5. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
BURLINGTON — A federal judge sentenced the man who pulled the trigger in a fatal murder-for-hire plot to more than 16 years behind bars while ordering the man who recruited him to a lighter prison term. Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Jerry Banks and Aron Lee Ethridge on Friday for their roles in the death of 49-year-old Gregory Davis of Danville more than seven years ago.The hearings for the two m