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The Pennsylvania Superior Court has vacated the life sentence a Franklin County jury gave to a teenager convicted of second-degree murder.
The court ruled that the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas must resentence Adiel Sanchez-Frometa. Now 21, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole in December 2019 for the stabbing death of a Fayetteville man three years earlier. A jury convicted him of second-degree murder and related charges but acquitted him of first-degree murder.
Sanchez-Frometa, New Jersey, appealed his sentence on the grounds that Pennsylvania law does not allow defendants who committed second-degree murder while ages 15-17 to be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
The Talk : Black families detail importance of preparing kids for possible interactions with police
Recent situations with law enforcement have renewed the need for some Black families to have tough conversations with their children. Author: Richard Solomon (WBNS), Angel Brock Published: 8:16 PM EDT May 25, 2021 Updated: 8:16 PM EDT May 25, 2021
Nationwide, and right here in Columbus, we’ve seen or heard about encounters with law enforcement that have turned deadly.
One year ago on Tuesday, George Floyd was killed by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin during an arrest involving three other officers.
In December 2020, former Columbus police officer Adam Coy shot and killed Andre’ Hill as Hill walked out of a garage holding a cell phone.
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(COLUMBUS, Ohio) The City of Columbus, Ohio, has agreed to deliver a settlement of $10 million to Andre Hill’s family.
Hill, a 47-year-old Black man, was shot to death by former Columbus police officer Adam Coy, who is white, on Dec. 22. Coy has been charged with murder, felonious assault, and reckless homicide in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Coy, a 19-year police force veteran, was terminated by the City of Columbus shortly after the incident.
Coy and another officer were responding to a nonemergency 911 call about a car in front of the caller’s house, according to audio from the released call. Body camera footage showed Hill coming out of a garage with a cellphone in his hand, just seconds before being shot by Coy. Coy hadn’t activated his body camera, but the device’s automatic “look back” feature captured the shooting without audio. Minutes passed before