Article: Convict gets 2nd chance at freedom; Once charged with first-degree murder, the 23-year-old man reaches a plea agreement on manslaughter and will be released soon.(NEWS)

1/3 Solomon E. Shannon got a second chance at life Thursday, when he was sentenced in Hennepin County District Court.

He had been convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting of Eric Davis, 19, on Aug. 24, 1995. But that conviction was overturned by the Minnesota Supreme Court, and a plea agreement was reached on first-degree manslaughter Monday, allowing Shannon, 23, to be released from prison in about a week.

His mother and Davis' sister expressed their belief that he will become a different man, a man of God.

"This was a gift. Not from the court. Not from his attorney, but a gift from God," said Janice Parker, Davis' sister, who ...

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