Maine’s high court has overturned the 45-year prison sentence imposed on a Massachusetts man who stabbed his ex-girlfriend 99 times more than two years ago.

That means a new judge will reconsider how long to keep 22-year-old Jason Servil of Boston in prison for the slaying of 20-year-old Alice Abbott.

Servil was arrested on July 16, 2022, after police discovered the body of 20-year-old Alice Abbott at a Canaan Road home in Skowhegan. She had been stabbed 99 times. Servil was 19 at the time of the murder.

He ultimately pleaded guilty to murder and aggravated assault after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors in January 2024 that capped his maximum sentence at 45 years.

In April 2024, a judge sentenced Servil to the maximum time in prison under the plea agreement.

But the Maine Supr

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