Change To Juvenile Life Sentences Clears Colorado Hurdle

DENVER (AP) — People serving life sentences without parole for crimes they committed as juveniles could eventually be eligible for release under a bill approved by the state Senate Monday.
The bill brings Colorado in line with U.S. Supreme Court rulings that mandatory life without parole sentences for youth offenders are unconstitutional.
Colorado ended the no-parole sentencing practice in 2006. But 48 inmates in state prisons are serving life without parole for first-degree murder and oth