Black Man Sentenced to 241 Years In Prison Now Free on Parole with Support from St. Louis Judge Who Sentenced Him When He Was 16
A retired St. Louis judge, who sentenced a 16-year-old boy to almost two-and-a-half centuries in jail for a robbery, has since changed her mind, calling her decision an act of “insanity.” After leaving the bench, she dedicated her time to helping the young man, now 43 and a different person, get parole just in time…