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State high court to weigh life-without-parole sentencing for young adult offenders

The state Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether youths who commit murders when they are between the ages of 18 and 25 are legally entitled to parole hearings after 25 years in prison, hearings already required by law for offenders who were younger when they committed murder or other violent crimes.