
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 42-year-old man will serve at least 22 more years in prison for killing a 17-year-old girl in 1990 while she was babysitting.
Douglas County District Judge Marlon Polk resentenced Christopher Garza Friday because he was 16 when the crime was committed.
Polk says the brutality of the crime prompted Garza’s new sentence of 90 years in prison for first-degree murder. Garza was also sentenced to between 6 years, 8 months and 20 years for using a knife in the killing.
Garza was eligible for a new sentence because of a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said juveniles couldn’t be sentenced to life without parole in prison. Judges must at least consider other options before imposing a life sentence.