An Alabama judge has ordered that a man who robbed a bakery of $50.75 (£41.72) be released from his ... life sentence. The original judge that sent him to that crazy sentence still walking free... Alvin Kennard, 58, was handed the harsh sentence under strict rules introduced in the 1970s to deter repeat minor offenders for a life time. Alvin Kennard was sentenced to life without parole in 1983 for robbing a bakery with a knife.