LOS ANGELES -- Actor Michael Jace, who portrayed a Los Angeles police officer on the television series "The Shield," was sentenced today to 40 years to life in prison after apologizing for fatally shooting his wife in front of their two young children in their Hyde Park home.
The 53-year-old actor -- who spoke for the first time in court about his wife April's May 19, 2014, shooting death -- said, "There is no justification for my actions that night at all, and I am profoundly sorry for the pay I have caused everyone .