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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, JULY 31, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-This 2010 photo shows Judge Fred Mester in Waterford, Mich. In a 2016 letter submitted for the resentencing of Jennifer Pruitt, Mester wrote, "As a former judge, I was always hopeful that those who were sentenced before me would take advantage of all the programs offered to rehabilitate inmates. Ms. Pruitt has done just that and more, and I am not sure what more we can ask of her under the rulings of the Supreme Court which recognizes that children are to be given an opportunity for release upon such demonstration of rehabilitation." (Charles V. Tines/Detroit News via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, JULY 31, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-In this Wednesday, June 7, 2017 photo, Denyse DeLuca, left, and her sister, Stephanie, talk about their grandfather, Eugene, outside Denyse's home in Morrisville, Pa. Eugene DeLuca was shot and killed during a 1977 store robbery by 17-year-old Joseph Evans. In a March 2017 hearing to oppose Evan's release, Stephanie told the judge, "We never got the chance to call him Grandpop, feel his hugs, see his smile ... hear his laugh or hear him tell us he loves us. The defendant murdered our grandfather and stole all those opportunities from us all." (AP Photo/Mike Householder)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, JULY 31, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-In this Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 photo, Ahmad Williams wears handcuffs as he appears for his resentencing hearing at the Kent County Courthouse in Grand Rapids. Williams, who was convicted in the 1988 fatal shooting of Derrick Pimpleton, is one of several "juvenile lifers" to be resentenced because of Supreme Court rulings that ended mandatory no-parole sentences for crimes committed by juveniles. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
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This May 2016 booking photo provided by Johnson County Sheriff's Office shows Ashley Hautzenrader. Court records say Ashley Hautzenrader, 24, accused of trying to flush her newborn down a toilet and then leaving it for dead in a trash can intends to change her plea. The records say a plea hearing is scheduled Aug. 11, 2017 in a Johnson County courtroom in Iowa City for Hautzenrader. She's already pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and child endangerment.The records don't say how she'll plead and to what charges. ( Johnson County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, JULY 31, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-In this February 1964 photo, Henry Montgomery, flanked by two deputies, awaits the verdict in his trial for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Charles H. Hurt in Louisiana. Montgomery, a 71-year-old prisoner who was 17 when he killed a sheriff's deputy, learned Wednesday, June 21, 2017, that he will get a chance at parole, 54 years after the killing and a year after winning his appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court. (John Boss/The Advocate via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, JULY 31, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015 file photo, people line up outside of the Supreme Court in Washington as the justices began to discuss sentences for juvenile prison 'lifers.' In the Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 decision for Montgomery v. Louisiana, the court ruled that people serving mandatory life-without-parole terms for murders they committed as teenagers must have a chance to seek their freedom. The plaintiff, Henry Montgomery, recently learned he will get a chance at parole, 54 years after the killing. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Lovily Kristine-Anwonette Johnson appears on a video monitor for her arraignment at Wyoming District Court on Monday, July 24, 2017 in Wyoming, Mich. Court records say Johnson was charged with first-degree murder and first-degree child abuse in the death of 6-month-old Noah Johnson. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
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Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski returns to his home after making a statement in Allentown, Pa., Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Pawlowski and former Reading Mayor Vaughn Spencer have been charged with multiple counts of bribery and fraud, according to indictments that detail how the two Democrats handed lucrative city contracts to donors who showered them with cash and gifts. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski listens to his lawyer Jack McMahon speak with members of the media outside of his home in Allentown, Pa., Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Pawlowski and former Reading Mayor Vaughn Spencer have been charged with multiple counts of bribery and fraud, according to indictments that detail how the two Democrats handed lucrative city contracts to donors who showered them with cash and gifts. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Lawyer Jack McMahon, left, escorts Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski to the podium to read a statement in Allentown, Pa., Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Pawlowski and former Reading Mayor Vaughn Spencer have been charged with multiple counts of bribery and fraud, according to indictments that detail how the two Democrats handed lucrative city contracts to donors who showered them with cash and gifts. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski, accompanied by his wife Lisa, reads a statement outside of his home in Allentown, Pa., Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Pawlowski and former Reading Mayor Vaughn Spencer have been charged with multiple counts of bribery and fraud, according to indictments that detail how the two Democrats handed lucrative city contracts to donors who showered them with cash and gifts. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Lawyer Jack McMahon, left, moves to the podium to speak after Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski made a statement in Allentown, Pa., Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Pawlowski and former Reading Mayor Vaughn Spencer have been charged with multiple counts of bribery and fraud, according to indictments that detail how the two Democrats handed lucrative city contracts to donors who showered them with cash and gifts. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Lawyer Jack McMahon, center, speaks with members of the media as Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski, second left, and his wife Lisa listen outside of his home in Allentown, Pa., Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Pawlowski and former Reading Mayor Vaughn Spencer have been charged with multiple counts of bribery and fraud, according to indictments that detail how the two Democrats handed lucrative city contracts to donors who showered them with cash and gifts. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski listens to his lawyer Jack McMahon speak with members of the media outside of his home in Allentown, Pa., Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Pawlowski and the former mayor of Reading have been indicted on federal corruption charges for engaging in a series of pay-to-play schemes where the politicians shook down businesses and individuals for campaign contributions in exchange for political favors, according to court papers released Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski reads a statement outside of his home in Allentown, Pa., Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Pawlowski and former Reading Mayor Vaughn Spencer have been charged with multiple counts of bribery and fraud, according to indictments that detail how the two Democrats handed lucrative city contracts to donors who showered them with cash and gifts. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions boards his plane at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, July 27, 2017. With his future as the nation's top prosecutor in doubt after a week of blistering public scorn from the president, Sessions is traveling to El Salvador to seek ways to stamp out the brutal street gang MS-13. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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In this Jan. 22, 2016, image taken from a video released by attorney Salvatore P. Ciulla on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, on behalf of defendant Adam Hossein Nayeri, an escapee of the Orange County Jail, Nayeri carefully lifts a sawed-off bunk bed leg, exposing a previously cut metal screen on a wall of the jail in Santa Ana, Calif. The screen is later set aside as he disappears into a vent. Video shot by three inmates with a smuggled cellphone shows their methodical escape through a vent at the maximum-security wing of the Southern California jail last year, along with scenes from their days on the run. (Salvatore P. Ciulla via AP)
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In this Jan. 22, 2016, image taken from a video released by attorney Salvatore P. Ciulla on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, on behalf of defendant Adam Hossein Nayeri, an escapee of the Orange County Jail, Nayeri disappears into a vent after crawling through a previously cut metal screen on a wall inside the prison in Santa Ana, Calif. Video shot by three inmates with a smuggled cellphone shows their methodical escape through the vent at the maximum-security wing of a Southern California jail last year, along with scenes from their days on the run. (Salvatore P. Ciulla via AP)
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In this Jan. 22, 2016, image taken from a video released by attorney Salvatore P. Ciulla on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, on behalf of defendant Adam Hossein Nayeri, an escapee of the Orange County Jail, Nayeri gives a thumbs-up after crawling through a previously cut metal screen on a wall to reach plumbing shafts within the jail walls at the prison in Santa Ana, Calif. Video shot by three inmates with a smuggled cellphone shows their methodical escape through a vent at the maximum-security wing of the Southern California jail last year, along with scenes from their days on the run. (Salvatore P. Ciulla via AP)
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In this Jan. 22, 2016, image taken from a video released by attorney Salvatore P. Ciulla on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, on behalf of defendant Adam Hossein Nayeri, an escapee of the Orange County Jail, Nayeri poses after reaching the roof of the prison in Santa Ana, Calif. Video shot by three inmates with a smuggled cellphone shows their methodical escape through a vent at the maximum-security wing of the Southern California jail last year, along with scenes from their days on the run. (Salvatore P. Ciulla via AP)
