In an attempted robbery, a Massachusetts teenager shot a market owner in the head on March 29, 1980. Fourty-five years later, Massachusetts officials believe the teenager is a changed man.
William Griffith was convicted of first-degree murder on Nov. 17, 1981 in Franklin Superior Court, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
But in a 4-3 Supreme Judicial Court decision issued Jan. 11, 2024, emerging adults between the ages of 18-20 cannot be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in Massachusetts…