January 12, 2011
California prisoners challenge parole changes
Kara Severson and Laura Doyle were each 17 when they suspected their friend Michelle "Missy" Avila was sleeping with their boyfriends. So they drowned her in a Los Angeles County canyon in 1985.
Now, the women who were sentenced to 15 years to life for second-degree murder say they are victims themselves.
They are among thousands of prisoners with life sentences who have joined a class action lawsuit claiming a law approved by voters in 2008 illegally extends their prison terms...
LINK - PE.com
