He killed at 15, but the crime and prison behavior support life term, justices say
Willie T. Clemons has tried unsuccessfully on several occasions to have his life sentence nixed for the 1995 murder of a young man at a grocery store.
Credit: Mich. Dept. of Corrections
Willie Clemons, 41, is serving his life without parole sentence at a state prison in southeast Michigan. Author: John Hogan Updated: 3:23 PM EST December 18, 2020
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. A man who went to prison for a Grand Rapids murder committed when he was 15 will not see his life sentence shortened, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled.
Now 41, Willie Terrell Clemons has tried unsuccessfully several times to get his life sentence shortened for the 1995 murder. He shot 20-year-old Jason Stanfield outside Fulton Heights Foods as horrified patrons looked on.