Woman convicted of killing her grandparents in Wilkes County as teen speaks 3 years into clemency

Woman convicted of killing her grandparents in Wilkes County as teen speaks 3 years into clemency

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Sentenced to prison for the rest of her life for the murder of her grandparents, April Barber Scales now spends her time on the outside making amends. Thirty years after the then 15-year-old pleaded guilty, April was granted clemency. In the decades that followed her guilty plea, new research on adolescent brain development emerged and laws regarding juvenile sentencing changed across the country, including North Carolina.…