Bill: Fla. teens would be eligible for release in 15 years

By Brittany Alana Davis
The Bradenton Herald

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Kendrick Morris was 16 when he brutally raped and beat a teenager outside the Bloomingdale Regional Public Library.

Last year, he was sentenced to 65 years in prison.

Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, invoked his case Wednesday before grudgingly voting for SB 212, which would give perpetrators of non-homicidal crimes the opportunity for a re-sentence or parole after 15 years.

Inmates like Morris should never go free, she argued.

Full story: Some Florida inmates given long sentences as teens would be eligible for release in 15 years under proposed bill