Riverdale Actor Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder

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The shocking case of Riverdale star Ryan Grantham, who turned himself in and entered the custody of Vancouver authorities after shooting his mother through the back of the head in the family home in March 2020, has come to a conclusion, with a judge finalizing his sentencing and parole eligibility this week.

Based very loosely on characters from the widely popular Archie Comics universe, The CW's Riverdale is a drama with elements of crime, horror, and supernatural themes influencing many of the storylines on the show. Kicking off the narrative with the murder of a teenage boy, the Riverdale plot explores the lives of the town’s residents in the period following this event with a focus on the main characters from the comic series, and the show progresses on to include many other minor and original characters involved in increasingly strange and intricate plotlines far removed from its simple and comedic comic origins.

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Grantham, who joined the show on the polarizing CW network in a brief but pivotal role in its fourth season, has been in police custody since the incident in 2020, pending the completion of the court proceedings surrounding his crime. The case was notably uncomplicated, as the troubled actor turned himself in and offered a confession and a subsequent apology. With the proceedings concluded, the 24-year-old Grantham has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole until 14 years of the sentence have been served out.

A life sentence is the prescribed sentence for second-degree murder in the court system that tried Grantham, with the main point of the judge’s verdict being the portion of the sentence that the perpetrator need complete