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February 18, 2021 By Jessica Mathews / News@whmi.com
Police have identified a suspect wanted in connection with a hit and run crash in Milford.
The Milford Police Department has been investigating a hit and run crash involving a pedestrian that occurred on Thursday, January 28th at approximately 6:28pm. The incident occurred on Duck Lake Road between Commerce and Cooley Lake Roads. The Department issued an alert on Facebook, advising that it was looking for a Jeep Wrangler, black in color, missing a large portion of the driver side fender flare. Tips were then sought from the public.
Police Chief Tom Lindberg told WHMI they have since identified a suspect and their investigation is just concluding. He said a warrant request was submitted to the Oakland County Prosecutorâs Office Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, the Milford victim had to be hospitalized but was said to be recovering from her injuries.
Keeping a vow she made during her election campaign last year, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald announced Tuesday that she has taken steps to give “juvenile lifers” a chance for parole.
McDonald said in a news release Tuesday that she had filed resentencing notices with the Michigan Attorney General’s Office and with Oakland County Circuit Court on behalf of 22 state prison inmates who d committed crimes in Oakland County. A resentencing notice amounts to a detailed review of a case and a recommendation for a new sentence with a possibility for parole.
Each of the 22 inmates had been convicted of homicide as a juvenile and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole a sentence declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court in a sweeping 2012 decision called Miller v. Alabama.
On Monday, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald announced her office’s decisions in 22 juvenile lifer cases after completing a review under the terms of the Hill v. Whitmer (2020) class action settlement.
Correction: The timeline of the election of Karen McDonald as Oakland County prosecutor has been corrected. She defeated Jessica Cooper in the August primary, and was then elected by voters to the post in November.
Pontiac Oakland County Prosecutor Karen D. McDonald announced Tuesday that 22 people who were convicted of murder as juveniles and sentenced to life in prison without parole would receive a chance at resentencing, leaving them eventually eligible for parole.
Based on time served, some could potentially go before the Parole Board within a few months, according to the Prosecutor s Office.
The action breaks with the Oakland County Prosecutor s Office past position on juvenile lifer sentencings. In response to past U.S. Supreme Court rulings that life without parole for youths under 18 were unconstitutional and amounted to cruel and unusual punishment, McDonald s predecessor, Jessica Cooper, sought reimposition of life sentences without parole rather than a set sen