Resentencing makes 'juvenile lifer' eligible for parole in 15 years

A man who murdered a woman in Grand Rapids not long before his 18th birthday has received another resentencing Tuesday that will make him eligible for parole in 15 years.

Marc Osborne has been in a state prison since he was convicted of the 1999 rape and murder of Jessica Ledford, 18, in Highland Park.

Osborne has been granted the resentencing because he is a so-called "juvenile lifer" —someone who was sentenced to mandatory life in prison without a chance for parole for a crime committed while still a juvenile. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that mandatory life sentences for juveniles are unconstitutional, allowing all juvenile lifers to receive a new sentencing hearing.

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