Council weighs commuting man's 1994 first-degree murder sentence
A hearing was held Wednesday on whether to commute the sentence of a man convicted of first-degree murder in a 1994 slaying.
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A hearing was held Wednesday on whether to commute the sentence of a man convicted of first-degree murder in a 1994 slaying.
Allen and another prisoner would be the first lifers to have their sentences commuted in 25 years.
The first thing he said when he found out was it's a great day for himself but it's important to keep the victim's mother in mind, his lawyer said.
Ayanna Pressley's husband, who spent years behind bars with Thomas Koonce, said he's earned his freedom. So did his pastor and even the DA.
The recommendation -- the first of its kind in more than two decades -- calls for commuting 54-year-old Thomas Koonce's sentence from first-degree to second-degree murder, which would make him eligible for parole.