ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, JULY 31, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-This combination of photos made available by the Michigan Department of Corrections shows a younger Damion Lavoial Todd and in August 2013. At 48, Damion Todd knows family and friends his age who are already looking ahead toward retirement. A judge recently resentenced Todd, making him eligible for parole next year after more than 30 years behind bars. At 17, Todd, co-captain of his football team and hoping for a college scholarship, was sentenced to life with no parole for fatally shooting a girl while spraying a crowd with gunfire. He and his friends were trying to scare some guys who'd shot at them after a party, he says. Instead, he killed Melody Rucker, 16, and injured her friend. In prison, he's taken college courses and mentored younger inmates. Expressing shame and regret, he says, "It doesn't excuse what I did, but I'm not that kind of person anymore." (MDOC via AP)
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