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(AP) A Missouri man says the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling against mandatory life sentences for juveniles should also apply to older teenagers.
A public defender for 43-year-old prisoner David Barnett on Wednesday told Missouri Supreme Court judges that he should have a chance to be resentenced for crimes he committed at age 19.
Barnett was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for the 1996 murders of his grandparents.
His attorney says Barnett’s brain was still developing then.
