Kristina Fetters: First Iowa Juvenile Lifer Released After Sentencing Ru
Kristina Fetters was an Iowa woman. Born on February 5, 1980, she was convicted at age 14 of murdering her 73-year-old great-aunt, Arlene Klehm, and sentenced to life in prison.
After the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Miller v. Alabama in 2012 limiting life sentences for juveniles, she became the first Iowa inmate to be resentenced. She was later released, the first juvenile convicted of murder and sentenced to life in Iowa to be freed.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer and spent seven months in hospice care in Des Moines. Fetters died of the disease on July 27, 2014, at age 34.
Achievements: First Iowa juvenile lifer released after Miller v. Alabama.
Birth: February 5, 1980.
Profession: Iowa inmate.
Interesting Facts: She was convicted at age 14.
