TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A Duval County man serving a 45-year prison sentence for crimes committed as a teenager will have his sentence reconsidered.
A sharply divided Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled Thomas Kelsey should be resentenced due to changes in law dealing with juveniles.
Kelsey was 15 when he broke into an apartment and raped a pregnant woman at knifepoint in front of her two young children.
He was identified six years later through DNA evidence. In 2010, he was sentenced to two life sentences and two 25-year terms. He turns 30 on Saturday.
Kelsey was resentenced to two 45-year-long terms after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling dealing with juveniles.
The court ruled 4-3 margin that Kelsey needs to be resentenced again, but concluded there are ways the state could seek a life sentence.
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