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After spending 8 years in prison, LaKeith Smith finally landed a resentencing hearing for his felony murder charge. The judge didn’t change much.

Police killed his friend. A judge resentenced him to 30 years for murder

He was tried and convicted under Alabamas accomplice law after police shot and killed Adonte Washington, 16.

Smith was 15 when he was arrested under Alabama's accomplice liability law, which allowed him to be charged with murder even though police fatally shot his friend. He was initially set to spend 65 years behind bars.

A judge is holding a new sentencing hearing Tuesday for a man who was convicted of felony murder when a police officer killed his friend during a reported shootout. LaKeith Smith was 15 years old when an officer shot and killed his friend when the teens were caught burglarizing homes in Millbrook. Smith was convicted under Alabama’s felony murder law, which holds someone liable for murder if they participate in a felony that results in someone's death. He was sentenced to a total of 55 ye...

A murderer is a person who unlawfully kills another person, right? Wrong! According to certain laws, a person does not need to kill another person before

LaKeith Smith was sentenced for a murder he did not commit, under Alabamas accomplice law.

During the three years that Brontina Smith’s son spent in Alabama’s Elmore County Jail awaiting trial, he packed about 50 pounds onto what had been a 135-pound frame. “So, now, it’s not letting the jury see that they’re dealing with a child,” said the mother of LaKeith Smith, who was 15 in February 2015 when he and a group of boys were caught burglarizing a home just outside of Montgomery.  After a watchful neighbor called 9-1-1, Millbrook Police Department officers arrived. There w...

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