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Wayne County prosecutor urges immediate funding, staff for 410 resentencings after Michigan Supreme Court rulings
Summary
Prosecutor Kim Worthy told the county committee the office must resentence 410 defendants because of recent state high court decisions and asked for temporary hires and funds to meet statutory deadlines she said are impossible to meet with current staff.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kim Worthy told the county Committee on Public Safety, Judiciary and Homeland Security that recent Michigan Supreme Court decisions require the prosecutor's office to reopen and resentence 410 homicide cases, creating an "impossible" workload under statutory deadlines.
Worthy said the rulings (discussed as People v. Buzarnacki and People v. Taylor in the presentation) extend resentencing obligations to defendants who were ages 18, 19 and 20 at the time of their offenses, adding to earlier resentencing…
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