Appeals Court Allows Life Sentences for Juvenile Kenneth Loggins
ATLANTA - A federal appeals court is allowing courts to sentence juveniles who were convicted of murder to life in prison without parole.
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals weighed in on the debate Wednesday with a 61-page opinion that upheld the sentence given to Kenneth Loggins, who was convicted in Alabama of killing a hitchhiker in 1994 when he was 17.
Loggins was originally sentenced to die, but his punishment was reduced after the Supreme Court banned the execution of inmates who were juveniles at the time of their offense.
Defense attoeys asked the three-judge panel to overtu the sentence because it was too strict, but the Atlanta-based court rejected the argument.
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