State appeals court upholds ban on parole for 22-year-old Oakland murderer
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State appeals court upholds ban on parole for 22-year-old Oakland murderer, but said the Legislature should reconsider the law on parole eligibility in view of research on the rate of brain development.Fry Design / Getty Images
A man who was 22 when he murdered a cashier during a 2003 robbery in Oakland is ineligible for parole because he was over 18 at the time, a state appeals court has ruled, but it says the Legislature should reconsider the age limit in view of new research on youthful brain development.
In upholding Paul Murray’s life-without-parole sentence for fatally shooting Paul Bajwa, the First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco said Monday that the state was legally entitled to sentence adults those over 18 more severely than juveniles, a distinction the U.S. Supreme Court drew when it outlawed death sentences for juveniles in 2005.
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He was found semi-conscious at Singhu border 10 days ago
Among those still protesting at the Singhu border is an ailing 92-year-old man from Ferozepur who has been a part of the agitation since the beginning and believes this “to be the last battle” after having witnessed the 1947 Partition and 1984 riots.
Sohan Singh was found semi-conscious in front of the main stage at the protest site around 10 days ago.
He was taken to a nearby medical camp from where he was shifted to a makeshift hospital.
‘Not eaten for 6 days’
Avtar Singh, who runs the makeshift hospital by the name of Life Care Foundation, said he got a call in the afternoon about Mr. Singh’s health. He rushed to the camp with an ambulance and found that the man was unable to speak. “He was so low on energy. I asked him why he didn’t take any medicine. He could barely say that he did not eat for the last 5-6 days,” Avtar said.