Cleveland Clark Sentenced to Life in Prison for 2000 Murder of Atlanta Mother Sparkle Rai After Intellectual Disability Claims

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Cleveland Clark, convicted in 2009 for the murder of 22-year-old Michelle "Sparkle" Reid Rai in 2000, has had his death sentence commuted to life in prison due to concerns about his intellectual disability. A Fulton County Superior Court judge resentenced Clark, who is now 68, to life without parole plus 25 years, following arguments from his lawyers regarding his low IQ. The case, which involved a contract killing orchestrated by Rai's father-in-law, has gained attention through various media outlets, with Rai's family expressing mixed feelings about the resentencing.