Does it matter to the victim of a violent crime how old the person was when they committed that crime? Does it matter to the family of a murder victim whether the teenage murderer’s brain was fully developed at the time? Does it matter to a rape victim whether the person who destroyed her life was under 18 or over 18?

Should an adult prison inmate who committed a brutal crime as a youth be able to claim immaturity as a legitimate reason to be released early from a lengthy prison sentence?

Those are questions the state Parole Board should be thinking about as they consider a proposal to modify a rule regarding how the board........

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