DETROIT (AP) — An appeals court has blocked an order that stopped Michigan prosecutors from seeking new no-parole sentences for potentially hundreds of prisoners.
No one has been sentenced yet. But county prosecutors were expected to disclose soon whether they’ll again pursue the same tough punishment for 350 so-called juvenile lifers, prisoners who were teens when a murder occurred.
The appeals court said federal Judge John Corbett O’Meara abused his authority with a restraining order.
The court noted prosecutors actually have until Aug. 24 to signal their resentencing plans, under state law.
The U.S. Supreme Court says teens convicted of murder must be treated differently than adults. No-parole sentences require a thorough hearing.
- Posted July 25, 2016
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Court blocks restraining order in juvenile lifer case
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