
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha woman has been resentenced to prison for a 1993 fatal shooting of a pregnant teenager.
A Douglas County district judge on Tuesday sentenced 39-year-old Justeen Williams to 62 to 85 years for shooting and killing 17-year-old Tamiko Jones and her unborn son.
The new sentence was prompted by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that says judges must have the ability to sentence juveniles to something other than an automatic life term.
Williams, who was 17 at the time of the killing, will be eligible for parole in about eight years.
Williams shot Jones, who was pregnant, over a boy both women were dating. The baby was delivered by cesarean section but later died.