Erie 'juvenile lifer': 5-year-old victim's family faces new resentencing
Scott A. Schroat was 17 when he killed neighbor Lila Ebright in 1992. Due to appeals court ruling, he's going before judge to get sentenced 3rd time.
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Erie "juvenile lifer": Killer of 5-year-old girl to be sentenced again
Scott Schroat, who was 17 when he got life for killing 5-year-old Lila Ebright in 1992, is heading back to court due to appeals court ruling in March.
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State lawmakers agree the current law compassionate release law needs an overhaul.
Pennsylvania’s narrow criteria for 'compassionate release' has resulted in only 31 people successfully making use of the program in 13 years.
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Last "juvenile lifer" in Erie County, Pa, ruled eligible for parole
Brown was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to a mandatory life term with no parole Brown has served more than 44 years, and on Friday was resentenced to 42 years to life, and made eligible for parole, in light of U.S. Supreme Court rulings on "juvenile lifers" The last of Erie County's nine "juvenile lifers" is on a path to leave state prison, possibly in the near future. Allen J. Brown, 61, got a life sentence with no parole for fatally shooting an Erie man with a rifle in 1976, when Brown was 17. He was resentenced in Erie County Court on Friday to 42 years to life.
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