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20 inmates to go free under old law

North Carolina plans to release 20 longtime inmates because of a ruling on a decades-old law that appeared to define life sentences as only 80 years long.
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North Carolina plans to release 20 longtime inmates because of a ruling on a decades-old law that appeared to define life sentences as only 80 years long.

Reporter : Bruce Mildwurf
Photographer : Edward Wilson
Posted 2009-10-15T19:05:50-0400 - Updated 2009-10-15T19:05:50-0400