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Fort Walton Beach 2019-04-15 Kristel Maestas glances back on Monday April 15, 2019 at the Okaloosa County Courthouse Annex in Fort Walton Beach, Florida before being re-sentenced to life in prison for her role in the murder of Cordell Richards in 1999. Maestas was 16 years old at the time of the crime whe she Ronald Bell, and a co-defendant tortured Richards for "between eight and 10 hours" by chaining him to a tree, beating him with a bat, lighting him on fire and finally slitting his throat, a court document states.The Florida Supreme Court ruled in March 2015 that juveniles cannot be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Later that same year Florida lawmakers restructured juvenile sentencing guidelines to meet legal requirements. (Nick Tomecek/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP) Photo: Nick Tomecek / ASSOCIATED PRESS / TT / kod 437 ***BETALBILD***