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A man convicted as a teenager of murder whose sentence has already been reduced from 141 years to 88 years has failed in his most recent bid to obtain another sentence reduction.
Daniel Barker, 31, was stabbed to death in 1991.
A Delaware County judge denied a convicted murderer's motion to modify his prison sentence, according to a release from prosecutors.
Delaware County killer's sentence reduced by 50 years © Photo provided Matt Stidham MUNCIE, Ind. — Delaware County court officials made it official Monday; a 138-year sentence a local killer received nearly three decades ago was reduced by 50 years. The Indiana Supreme Court last November had ordered the sentence reduction for Matthew Stidham, who was 17 when he participated in the February 1991 slaying and robbery of Daniel Barker, a 31-year-old Eaton man. Stidham, then also of Eaton, was twice convicted of murder, robbery and criminal confinement in the case, first at the conclusion ...