An Oklahoma appeals court has thrown out the life sentence given to a teenager who was convicted of fatally shooting an Australian baseball player three years ago.
Chancey Luna was tried as an adult in the killing of 22-year-old Chris Lane, who was shot while jogging along a road in southwestern Oklahoma.
Luna, who was 16 at the time of the shooting, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
In a court filing, Luna's attorney argued that life-without-parole was an unconstitutional sentence for a juvenile, and the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals agreed.
The panel upheld Luna's conviction and ordered a re-sentencing.
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Lane, from Melbourne, was about to start his senior year at East Central University in Ada.

