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| Michigan's oldest, longest-serving juvenile inmate released at 74 |
| By clickondetroit.com- Dane Sager Kelly |
| Published: 03/04/2019 |
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MUSKEGON, Mich. - Sheldry Topp, Michigan's oldest and longest-serving inmate who was sentenced to life in prison for murder as a teen, was released Thursday. WOODTV reports Topp, 74, had been locked up since 1962. He was convicted of stabbing Charles Davis to death during a robbery in the Detroit area. Topp was 17 at the time. The Supreme Court decided in 2012 that sentencing a minor to life in prison without a chance of parole was unconstitutional and represented cruel and unusual punishment, even if the juvenile was convicted of murder. In 2016, the Supreme Court decided the law should be applied retroactively, and Topp was given a new sentence. Read More. |
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