
Those convicted of violent crimes are rarely rearrested for the same offense, report finds
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Zerious Meadows was 16 when a Michigan judge sentenced him to life without the possibility of parole for participating in a felony murder. Now, at 67, Meadows is free.
During 20 of the 47 years Meadows was in prison, he said, he earned an associate degree in business accounting and participated in several programs. "I was doing everything I needed to do to stay out of trouble" even though a life sentence gave him zero chance of getting out, he told CNN on Monday. Meadows' release in 2016 wasn't because of a third trial that exonerated him. He was released after the US Supreme Court ruled that juveniles sentenced to life without parole must be resentenced. After a judge resentenced Meadows to 25 to 45 years in prison, he had to wait another year while prosecutors appealed before he was sent home to his surviving relatives.More Related News

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