Michigan judge rules yes to possible life-without-parole sentence for teenage shooter
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
A Michigan judge is set to decide tomorrow whether a high school student who killed four classmates is eligible for a sentence of life without parole. He was 15 at the time of the crime. Here's Quinn Klinefelter of WDET.
QUINN KLINEFELTER, BYLINE:...
Charles Lewis Is Free! Innocent Juv. Lifer Released Oct. 17 After 42 Yrs; Will Resume Musical Career
LEWIS RE-SENTENCED TO 37-60 YRS; WALKS OUT OF PRISON NEXT DAY
Courageous decision by Judge Lillard in face of pros. request for 50-100 yrs.
Joyous mother Rosie Lewis: “God shined his light!”
Polygraph expert J. P. Carey (former criminal investigator) says conflicting police...
Detroit man released from prison after 42 years behind bars for fatal shooting he committed as teen
Charles Lewis was 17 when he was sentenced to life in prison for shooting and killing an off-duty Detroit police officer during a robbery.
He was resentenced this week after the Supreme Court ruled that teens can't automatically be sentenced to life terms.
"It's surreal. It's...
Man Convicted Of Killing Cop As Teen Gets Shorter Sentence
DETROIT (CBS DETROIT/AP) — The life sentence of a Detroit man who has spent 42 years in prison has been reduced by a judge.
Charles Lewis was charged for the fatal shooting of an off-duty police officer.
Lewis was 17 years old in 1976 when Gerald Sypitkowski...
Judge reduces sentence for juvenile lifer in cop killing
A Detroit man who has served 42 years behind bars for the murder of an off-duty police officer was relieved from his life sentence Thursday by a Wayne County judge.
"I do not find that Mr. Charles Lewis should be sentenced to life in prison," said Judge Qiana Lillard of...
Charles. k.k. Lewis: Judge Orders Final Jlwop Hearing(s) Despite Lost Court File, Innocence Claim
45th hearing set for July 11, 2019, 2 p.m. Judge Lillard, Rm. 502 Frank Murphy Hall
Judge Lillard orders prosecution, defense to present “sentencing memorandums” by June 9 and June 23
Lewis refuses witnesses for mitigation hearing; Judge Lillard says SHE will appoint them; prosecution indicates it...
‘The system failed,’ says 1977-convicted cop killer whose court file was lost
He went into prison as a 17-year-old convicted cop killer sentenced to mandatory life behind bars.
Forty-three years later, Charles Lewis, now a 59-year-old man with glasses, a slight paunch and a shaved head marked with patches of gray stubble, is still hoping to find freedom.