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CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA -[ A Charleston teenager will spend the rest of his life in prison, with the possibility of parole, after being sentenced for the murder of tobacco store clerk Caden Martin.
Barack Williams, 15, received the automatic sentence of life in prison with mercy, meaning he will be resentenced when he turns 18 and is eligible for parole in 15 years, at a hearing before Kanawha County Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers on Wednesday.
Williams served as the lookout for a robbery that led to Martin being killed and, under West Virginia state law, was found liable as a result.
The hearing began with a statement from assistant prosecuting attorney Madison Tuck, who described statements Williams made to deputies at the Kanawha County Judicial Complex during the trial, including derogatory comments about Martin, expressing his desire to desecrate Martin’s grave. and stating he plays the video game Grand Theft Auto V “in real life.”
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