After serving more than 56 years behind bars, Sheldry Topp left prison a free man at age 74. He was the oldest 'juvenile lifer' in Michigan before his release. Two US Supreme Court decisions changed his life.
John F. Kennedy was the US President when 17-year-old Sheldry Topp killed a man and received an automatic sentence of life without parole in a Michigan county court.
After serving more than 56 years behind bars, 74-year-old Sheldry left prison a free man on Thursday and headed for a steak dinner with his brother. Topp was the oldest"juvenile lifer" in Michigan before his release. Two US Supreme Court decisions changed Topp's life.
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