EATON COUNTY, Mich. (WILX) – A man who spent 40 years behind bars for a 1986 murder walked out of court with a new sentence, but the decision has left the victim’s family reeling.
Roger Ruthruff was supposed to spend his life in prison, but a Clinton County Circuit Court judge ruled otherwise on Thursday.
The Hubbard family thought they were finished with courtrooms, confrontations and victim impact statements. Decades after the murder of their loved one, John Hubbard, they filled the left half of the gallery in Judge Shannon Schlegel’s court…