A repentant killer who ended a man's life while trying to collect a drug debt has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. URBANA — A repentant killer who ended a man's life while trying to collect a drug debt has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. "To Micheal's family, his children and mother and anyone else who loved him, I'm sorry for being the person who took his life," Cornelius Freeman said.