(AP) – A northwest Arkansas man has been resentenced to life in
prison for committing a murder in 1997 at age 16.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Tony Ray was one of nearly 60
offenders in Lincoln County whose life sentences were vacated last year after
the Supreme Court expanded its ban on mandatory life without parole for
juveniles.
prison for committing a murder in 1997 at age 16.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Tony Ray was one of nearly 60
offenders in Lincoln County whose life sentences were vacated last year after
the Supreme Court expanded its ban on mandatory life without parole for
juveniles.
Authorities say Ray broke into Lisa Gail Lewis’ home in Van Buren and fatally
shot her.
Ray will qualify for parole in 30 years because the state’s Fair Sentencing of
Minors Act allows minors who were sentenced to life in prison for murder
convictions to qualify for parole retroactively.
Ray is also serving a 20-year prison sentence for a theft in 1999. It’ll run
consecutively to his murder sentence.
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