Court overturned case of unarmed teens sentenced to 55 years in prison after their friend was shot dead by a homeowner whose house they burgledThe Indiana supreme court has thrown out the “felony murder” convictions of three of the Elkhart Four, overturning the bizarre situation in which unarmed teenagers who had no intention of killing anybody and who did not pull the trigger were sentenced to 55 years in prison after one of their friends was shot dead by a homeowner whose house they had burgled.
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Source: theguardian.com