Mich. Defenders Seek $2.3M After Life Sentence Ruling

By Danielle Ferguson ( April 17, 2025, 7:33 PM EDT) -- Michigan's appellate defender office told lawmakers Thursday that it would need to hire additional staff to represent more than 300 people whose sentences will need to be reviewed after the state's top court declared that automatic life-without-parole sentences for 19- and 20-year-olds are unconstitutional....

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