ANN ARBOR (AP) - A man who was 16 when he killed a 13-year-old girl in Michigan is getting a new sentence with a chance at parole.
The Ann Arbor News reports 48-year-old Christopher Machacek was resentenced Tuesday to 37-60 years in prison for the Dec. 30, 1986 shooting death of Mary Ann Hulbert in a field in Washtenaw County's Superior Township. She had told Machacek she might be pregnant with his child.
Before the decision by Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Darlene O'Brien, Machacek pleaded for mercy but acknowledged he wasn't sure if he deserved it.
Prosecutors said Machacek's admission of culpability was self-serving.
Machacek was sentenced in 1988 to life in prison without parole, but the Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that no-parole life sentences for juveniles are cruel and unusual punishment.
Published: Fri, Dec 21, 2018
