A former Coupeville resident who’s been in prison since 2014 for child rape was resentenced in Island County Superior Court last week and will likely be freed soon.

Stephenson Parrick pleaded guilty in 2014 to one count of rape of a child in the first degree. He forced a 10-year-old child to perform a sex act, according to court records.

Parrick was 17 years old at the time of the offense, but his case was moved to adult court when he turned 18. After pleading guilty, he was sentenced to 114 months in prison, which was in the middle of the standard sentencing range.

But subsequent U.S. and state Supreme Courts rulings regarding minor offenders changed things. The high courts said that judges must have discretion to consider offenders’ youth as mitigating factors when deciding sentences. Since that wasn’t considered when he was sentenced, Parrick was sent to court for a new judgment.

Last week, Island County Superior Court Judge Christon Skinner handed him a new sentence of 108 months in prison.

Stephenson Parrick will be eligible for release next month instead of November.

Court records show that Parrick had a difficult childhood. He was born in dire poverty in Haiti and was adopted by a Whidbey couple when he was 11 years old. He told interviewers that he was sexually abused in Haiti as a small child. He also claimed he was physically abused at his home on Whidbey Island and had attempted suicide, court records indicate.