Juvenile offenders serving life without parole in Missouri prisons may soon have a better chance at release following a ruling by U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey, who ordered the state's parole board to implement changes to remedy violations of the state and federal constitutions. Filed by the MacArthur Justice Center, the case of Brown v. Precythe was brought on behalf of about 100 people serving life terms without possibility of parole for crimes committed while they were juveniles. The case alleged that despite a 2012 ruling by the U...
