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Escambia Man Gets Another 40 Years To Go With His Life Sentence For Murder
January 4, 2020
An Escambia County man has been sentenced to life in prison for a 2017 murder was sentenced Friday to an additional 40 years.
Antjuan Sanders, 19, received the additional 40 years to run consecutively with the life sentence for additional convictions for home burglary, burglary of a vehicle and multiple grand thefts and criminal mischiefs occuring in 2016 and 2017.
In November, Circuit Judge Jeffrey Burns sentenced 19-year old Antjuan Sanders to life in state prison for the first degree murder of Susan Midyett. Because Sanders was 17 at the time of murder, he is entitled to a review of his sentence after 25 years.
On February 23, 2017, Susan Midyett was found deceased at her home on Statler Avenue.
Deputies first believed her death to be accidental, but further investigation determined that Midyett was strangled to death and her house was burglarized. Investigators said DNA evidence collected at the scene revealed Midyett had been sexually assaulted and led to the arrest of Sanders.
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2 Responses to “Escambia Man Gets Another 40 Years To Go With His Life Sentence For Murder”
The death sentence should have been applied. Burglary, sexual assault (Rape), and murder that’s a trifecta of evil there. I’m sure the death penalty was off the table because he was 17. The mandatory review is also not necessary any individual capable of this crime should never be allowed an opportunity to rejoin society. It is ridiculous that communities are handcuffed in punishing certain criminals because of age and have to do workarounds to try and assure monsters stay in jail. Strangulation and sexual assault are not crimes that are spur of the moment, surprised in the act, occurrences. Both of these acts take time and the perpetrator had the opportunity to stop and run, unlike his victim. He should be headed to death row.
Thank you Judge Burns for having the 40 yr sentence to run consecutively. This will ensure he will spend his life in prison even if he gets the life sentence reduced.