Robert Durst sentenced to life for murder of best friend

New York real estate heir Robert Durst (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times via AP)

New York real estate heir Robert Durst has been sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole for the murder of his best friend more that two decades ago.

Durst, 78, was convicted in Los Angeles Superior Court last month of first-degree murder for shooting Susan Berman point-blank in the back of the head at her home in December 2000.