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Benjamin Lopez was sentenced to life behind bars without the possibility of parole in the machete killing of a cancer-stricken grandmother. “We finally got justice that we were waiting for," the victim's daughter said. NewsdayTV’s Cecilia Dowd reports. Credit: Newsday/Howard Schnapp and Johnny Milano; Photo Credit: Family photo