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Political Uproar Follows NC Court Ruling that Life Sentence is 80 Years

Loaded on May 15, 2010 by David Reutter published in Prison Legal News May, 2010, page 34
Filed under: Government Misconduct, Sentencing, Good Time, Parole, Habeas Corpus, Wrongful Imprisonment. Location: North Carolina.
by David M. Reutter

A political brouhaha arose in October 2009 in the wake of a North Carolina appellate court decision which held that a “life sentence is as an 80-year sentence for all purposes.” While the ruling applies only to defendants convicted of crimes between 1974 and 1978, Governor …

 

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