A Cherokee County man will spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually abusing a child.
What’s Happening: Superior Court Judge Shannon Wallace sentenced Michael Clay Downey to life in prison without the possibility of parole, followed by a second life sentence, and an additional 70 years on December 22. He must serve the first 69 years of the additional sentence in prison.
What’s Important: This is the maximum sentence the law allows. A jury found Downey guilty of all nine charges he faced at his trial in November…