Georgia teen receives 70-year prison sentence for ‘defending himself at Walmart,’ his family says

Adrian Jelks recently received a sentence of 70 years in jail. Since then, his case has caused widespread upset in his community , with some describing it as a grave injustice.

According to Fox5 , the teenager and another individual were taken into custody last April in relation to a fatal shooting at a Walmart in Fayetteville . They were detained and denied bond.

Jelks, then 19, was charged with shooting and killing 19-year-old Riverdale resident Antavius Holton and injuring a 9-year-old girl on March 29…

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