GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A person who murdered and decapitated a fellow teen in 1996 has been granted parole.
The Michigan Division of Corrections mentioned the projected parole date for Federico Cruz is March 25.
Former prosecutor: Cruz resentencing ‘grave mistake’
Cruz was 16 in April 1996 when he murdered 17-year-old David Crawford close to Sparta, minimize off the sufferer’s head and recorded himself speaking to and mutilating it. The video was so disturbing it wasn’t proven to the jury that convicted him.
He was sentenced to life in jail with out the opportunity of parole, however a 2016 U.S. Supreme Courtroom ruling meant he was entitled to resentencing as a result of he was a minor when the crime was dedicated. He was initially resentenced to life in 2018 however was then granted one other resentencing as a result of an appeals courtroom discovered his rights had been violated.
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In August 2023, Cruz was resentenced to between 35 and 60 years in jail. He has already been behind bars for about 27.
