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 was killed. Judge Qiana Lillard says it was a “spur of the moment … robbery that went bad.”
It’s reported the judge on Thursday resentenced Lewis to 37 to 60 years in prison. His attorney, Sanford Schulman, believes the 60-year-old Lewis will be immediately eligible for release.
