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Mitchell Hamline Law School is the first in the country to enroll a student who is still imprisoned
Maureen Onyelobi is the nation's first incarcerated legal scholar to pursue an accredited law degree from prison.
A new education program will give a handful of Minnesota prison inmates the opportunity to earn a fully accredited law degree while behind bars.
Maureen Onyelobi, who is serving a life sentence for murder with no chance of parole, will be the first incarcerated student in the country to attend a law school approved by the American Bar Association.
Douglas Uhde, 56, had been in critical condition after shooting himself during police negotiations.