At age 22, Alvin Kennard was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after he was convicted of a $50 robbery.
An Alabama man who has served more than 35 years of a life sentence for robbing a bakery will have his time cut short after being re-sentenced to time served Wednesday.
“I just threw my hands up and said, ‘God, I thank you, I thank you,’” Kennard’s niece Patricia Jones, told WBRC after the judge made his decision.At 22 years old, Kennard was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 1983 after he stole $50.75 from a bakery’s cash register while armed with a pocket knife, ABC News reported.
In 1979, Kennard was charged with burglary and grand larceny, making him eligible to be sentenced under the act. Kennard's attorney Carla Crowder argued that he would've received a 20-year max sentence under new sentencing guidelines and would have been eligible for parole between 10 and 15 years, according to WIAT.
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