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Judge should have been more lenient on violent teenage killer, court rules

An appellate court has nullified the resentencing of Jason Baker, one of three juveniles convicted of the gruesome murder of George and Margaret McLoughlin, the elderly Vineland couple killed during a home invasion in 1994.The appellate panel ruled that the judge who shaved off a mere one year of parole ineligibility when he resentenced Baker in 2023 should have given more weight to his juvenile status at the time of the crime, and his “near fla…