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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is applauding the state Supreme Court's decision to send a particular case back to the lower courts on Friday.
Dale Craig was 17 when he abducted and killed an LSU student in 1992. Craig was sentenced to death, but the U.S. Supreme Court later ruled it unconstitutional to execute somebody who was a minor at the time of the crime.
He was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. In 2023, a judge altered Craig's sentence to make him eligible to apply for parole.
The First Circuit Court of Appeal refused to hear an appeal of that decision, so prosecutors took it to the State Supreme Court, which sent the case back to the First Circuit.
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