Uplifting NewsApril 30, 20242 min read

16-Year-Old Sentenced to 100 Years in Prison Heads to Law School

On June 24, 2001, 23-year-old Abdo Serna-Ibarra was on his way to play soccer with some friends. He never made it. Instead, he got into a fight with a gang of teenagers in a nearby Chicago park. Mistaking him for a rival gang member, the last words he heard came from the lips of a 15-year-old orderi...

By Heidi Hamm
16-Year-Old Sentenced to 100 Years in Prison Heads to Law School
Teen Sentenced to 100 Years In Prison Heads to Law School — Image courtesy of Jennifer Lackey and Benard McKinley

On June 24, 2001, 23-year-old Abdo Serna-Ibarra was on his way to play soccer with some friends. He never made it. Instead, he got into a fight with a gang of teenagers in a nearby Chicago park.

Mistaking him for a rival gang member, the last words he heard came from the lips of a 15-year-old ordering his friend to “Shoot him!”


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