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Neb. man given life as teen may get new life

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A Nebraska man ordered as a teen to spend life in prison will get a new sentence. Thirty-six-year-old Jeremy Herman was convicted of kidnapping for his role in the 1992 murder of Jeremy Drake. Herman was 17 when he and another teen kidnapped Drake. Herman’s accomplice, Christopher Masters, killed Drake. Herman pleaded guilty to kidnapping on the advice of his attorney, who didn’t know that the conviction carried a life sentence. A Douglas County district judge has vacated Herman’s conviction and will re-sentence him this week on a lesser charge. Herman sought a new sentence after 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said teens sentenced to life must have a meaningful opportunity to obtain release if they haven’t killed their victims.

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