1,000 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE UPHELD

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday has upheld a 1,000-year prison prison sentence for a man who was convicted of what the court described as “brutally” assaulting women when he was juvenile in 1983. That means Arthur O’Derrell Franklin, was convicted in three Duval County cases of armed kidnapping, kidnapping, armed sexual battery, and would be eligible for parole in 2352 – when he would be about 387 years old. Attorneys for Franklin, who is now 53, argued that he is entitled to resentencing because he was a juvenile, but the Supreme Court ruled he should not receive a new sentence.