A lower court will reconsider the 135-year sentence given to a 14-year-old girl four decades ago for her role in the shooting deaths of three people in Alaska's largest city
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — — A lower court will reconsider the 135-year sentence given to a then-14-year-old girl four decades ago for her role in the shooting deaths of three people in Anchorage.
Fletcher and her then-19-year-old boyfriend, Cordell Boyd, in 1985 killed 69-year-old Tom Faccio, his 70-year-old wife Ann Faccio and her 76-year-old sister, Emilia Elliott. The case drew heavy media attention. The appeals court in its Friday ruling said a series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the last 18 years have reshaped the law when sentencing children for serious crimes, ultimately deciding “children are constitutionally different from adults for purposes of sentencing.”
While acknowledging she committed “undeniably terrible crimes,” the court said the sentencing judge also didn’t consider her chaotic childhood, which included abuse and neglect that resulted in her becoming a sex worker at the age of 13.
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