The parole of an imprisoned man who led an influential case is still being determined, the Associated Press reported.
However, Montgomery was not one of them. In 2019, the three-member board did not come to a unanimous decision when determining whether to parole him. This might change due to the Louisiana parole board now being allowed to grant parole on a majority vote. The Louisiana Parole Project, a nonprofit organization that helps former convicts that served long sentences re-enter society, hopes to take Montgomery as its new client.
Montgomery is hard of hearing and has had trouble understanding what has been said at previous parole hearings, said his lawyer, Keith Nordyke. His contact with the outside world was also severely limited due to COVID-19. Some fear that he will die in prison if he is not granted parole. When asked about what he wants to do if he gets out, Hundley said he wants to"look at sunrise without looking at it through razor wire.
When Montgomery went to prison, and for decades afterward, the"lock-'em-up-and-throw-away-the-key" attitude dominated law enforcement and society—especially in Louisiana where the incarceration rate has consistently been the highest in the country. Juvenile offenders, often portrayed as irredeemable"super-predators," were no exception., the court ruled that mandatory sentencing of life without parole for juvenile offenders was"cruel and unusual" punishment.
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