In a ruling that comes just a few months past the 10-year anniversary of Hadiya Pendleton’s death, an appeals court has ordered a new trial for the man charged with gunning down the 15-year-old honor student.
Micheail Ward in 2018 was found guilty and sentenced to 84 years in prison for the murder of Pendleton, a slaying that took place just days after Pendleton had returned from performing in Washington, D.C., with her high school band at a celebration ahead of Barack Obama’s 2013 inauguration.
