Akbari to renew push for juvenile sentencing restructure in murder cases

By , Daily Memphian Updated: December 31, 2019 8:13 AM CT | Published: December 30, 2019 2:30 PM CT

State Sen. Raumesh Akbari is working on legislation designed to give prisoners who commit murder as juveniles a chance for earlier release if they can prove they’ve changed their lives.

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Raumesh Akbari David Hawk Vidar Lillelid Cyntoia Brown
Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.


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