‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic Resentenced to 21 Years In Prison

Joe ExoticWill leave prison sooner than expected-but not as fast as he wanted-the court just knocked out a year from his 22-year prison term.

A judge last summer ruled that the murder conviction was false because the court miscalculated the two charges that Joe was convicted of.

The 22-year sentence could have been shortened to 17 years, but that didn’t happen. Rather, the Federal Court of Appeals has just shortened the 22-year sentence by a year … obviously not what Joe wanted.

Joe’s service time allegedly trying to hire two men to kill his enemy Carole Baskin, And crimes against animals. Baskin and her husband also attended the hearing on Friday.

Back in November, TMZ broke the news Joe was transferred From a Texas prison to a North Carolina facility … he was fighting aggressive cancer and needed more medical attention. He initially demanded that he be taken out of jail for treatment, but the decision is still unknown.