WICHITA — Prosecutors say they won’t seek a second “Hard 50” sentence against a Wichita man convicted in a fatal 2009 stabbing.
Rogelio Soto was 16 when he took part in the March 17, 2009, stabbing death of 28-year-old Arturo Moreno. Soto was convicted and sentenced to at least 50 years before becoming parole eligible.
But a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling essentially voided the Hard 50 sentences, which sent Soto’s case back to Sedgwick County court.