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| Oak Park Heights Inmate Charged with Assaulting Officers |
| By mlive.com - Jonathan Oosting |
| Published: 11/27/2013 |
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A federal judge has ordered Michigan to develop a process for offering parole hearings to more than 350 inmates serving mandatory life sentences for crimes they committed as minors. U.S. District Court Judge John Corbett O'Meara said Tuesday that Michigan has failed take action in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that invalidated the state's sentencing scheme as an unconstitutional form of cruel and unusual punishment. He ordered officials create a structure for providing parole hearings and give notice to juvenile lifers who have already served 10 years in prison that their eligibility "will be considered in a meaningful and realistic manner." O'Meara also ordered the state provide juvenile lifers with the opportunity to participate in educational and training programs available to the general prison population. If the state does not develop parole procedures by the end of the year and begin the program by the end of January, O'Meara said he may empower a "special master" to give juvenile lifers a shot at parole consideration. Read More. |
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