OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge has resentenced a man who was spending life in prison after being convicted of a fatal robbery in Omaha about 25 years ago.
Douglas County District Judge Mark Ashford resentenced 43-year-old Johnny Ray on Monday to a term that will make him eligible for parole by the time he’s 55 and for automatic release at age 69.
The 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. Ray was 17 when he fired shots that killed 21-year-old Matthew Mallory.
Raymond Martin, the other man convicted in the incident, will continue is sentence of life in prison because he was 18 at the time of the crime.