A 15-year-old in West Virginia will spend more than a decade behind bars for his role in killing a 19-year-old tobacco store clerk who was gunned down during a robbery last year.

Kanawha County Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers on Wednesday ordered Barack Williams to serve the maximum sentence of life with mercy in a state correctional facility for the slaying of Caden D. Martin, records show.

A county jury last month found Williams guilty of murder during the commission of a felony after prosecutors said the then-14-year-old acted as a lookout as another teen robbed the store and shot Martin. Under West Virginia state law, a life sentence with mercy means Williams will be eligible to be released on parole after serving a minimum of 15 years. Due to his age, Williams was not eligible for li

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