Henry Montgomery, the man behind the famed Supreme Court case, is free after nearly six decades
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After spending 58 years behind bars, Louisiana man Henry Montgomery was released from prison. Montgomery’s Supreme Court case (Montgomery v. Louisiana) was critical in extending the possibility of freedom to hundreds of people sentenced toHenry Montgomery, the man behind the famed Supreme Court case, is free after nearly six decades
After spending 58 years behind bars, Louisiana man Henry Montgomery was released from prison. Montgomery’s Supreme Court case (Montgomery v. Louisiana) was critical in extending the possibility of freedom to hundreds of people sentenced to life in prison without the opportunity for parole when they were juveniles. But it took nearly six decades for the man for whom the case is named to get his own freedom. “It feels so wonderful,” Montgomery, 75, said in an interview with the Associated Press. When asked what he plans to do now that he is free, Montgomery told AP he wanted to pay his respects to his mother and grandmother and other family members who died while he was in prison. Montgomery was convicted of murdering East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Hurt in 1963 when he was just 17 years old. He was initially sentenced to death but was later re-sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Read more
