US EditionThis is how Minnesota's new law benefitted ax murderer David Brom
- On July 29, the parole board voted 6-1 to deny convicted murderer David Brom parole but approved work release under a step-down status, according to Paul Schnell.
- A 2023 law reset Brom’s parole eligibility to Feb. 17, 2018, whereas under the old rules he wouldn’t qualify until 2037, State Rep. Duane Quam said.
- Judge Ancy Morse called the case an `extreme and monumental tragedy` involving a `seriously mentally ill boy driven to despair by a sick mind`, while Brom has expressed remorse and has served 37 years of a minimum 52.5-year sentence.
- Torgerson said `I cannot stop what is in motion, and I, we as the public, must trust the parole board’s decision and hope Mr. Brom is ready for his transition in his life,` while Paul Schnell acknowledged public revulsion to Brom’s new freedoms.
- The legislation could redefine juvenile sentencing reviews nationwide, as news highlights how the 2023 law offers juvenile offenders review and redemption after 15 years, and Brom has become its poster child.
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This is how Minnesota's new law benefited ax murderer David Brom
ROCHESTER — News that a parole board had granted convicted murderer David Brom work release privileges prompted many to hold as true two mutually opposed ideas. In general, they approved the idea that juveniles convicted of serious, even heinous crimes should be shown leniency; yet they questioned whether it should apply to this case in particular, to someone who brutally killed his parents and brother and sister with an ax when he was 16. While…
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This is how Minnesota's new law benefitted ax murderer David Brom
ROCHESTER — News that a parole board had granted convicted murderer David Brom work release privileges prompted many to hold as true two mutually opposed ideas. In general, they approved the idea that juveniles convicted of serious, even heinous crimes should be shown leniency; yet they questioned whether it should apply to this case in particular, to someone who brutally killed his parents and brother and sister with an ax when he was 16. While…
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