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Alaska appeals court clears way to challenge juvenile life sentences

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Alaska Court of Appeals ruled in case involving Winona Fletcher , 14 , who was 14 when she and boyfriend fatally shot three people.

Ruling provides legal grounds for re-examining sentences of people sentenced as juveniles to life without parole.

Fletcher could be resentenced under new criteria as early as December , attorney says.

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informal

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English

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