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Milwaukee DA, Legal Aid Society review juvenile life sentences

November 27, 2019 8:08 am 1 Comment

Paralegal Rodrigo Sanchez (left), attorney Jourdan Glenn (center) and Colleen Foley, executive director of the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, gather in Foley’s office in Milwaukee recently. The trio help make up the Public Interest Justice Initiative that is partnering with the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office to review the cases of almost 50 people sentenced to life in prison for crimes committed as children to determine eligibility for early release and parole. (Photo by Kevin Harnack)

For 128 people now in Wisconsin prisons, decades have passed since they were put away for life for crimes they committed as children.

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