Larry Hogan (R) on Friday formalized his process for deciding whether to grant parole to inmates serving life sentences for crimes committed as juveniles. The executive order comes as Hogan’s administration is facing legal and political pressure to overhaul the system, which has not paroled any juvenile offenders sentenced to life in more than 20 years. “This executive order changes nothing,” ACLU attorney Sonia Kumar said. “The executive order does not remotely fix the problem,” Brian Saccenti, an assistant public defender who argued the case before the Court of Appeals, said in a prepared statement. Doug Mayer, a spokesman for Hogan, said the timing of the executive order had nothing to do with the legal challenge from the ACLU.

Source: Washington Post February 09, 2018 23:33 UTC