Juvenile killer asks court to stop mandatory life on parole
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An inmate who may soon be released after serving decades in prison for a murder committed when he was 14 wants Pennsylvania's highest court to prevent him from having to spend the rest of his life on parole.
Richard Lee Olds filed a request Tuesday asking the state Supreme Court to allow bail under certain circumstances for him and others like him: convicted as juveniles of taking part in homicides without doing the actual killing.
A county judge in Pittsburgh last month resentenced Olds to 20 years to life and ordered him released.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Prosecutors objected to him getting bail while his case is on appeal and the judge reversed himself.
Olds remains in prison but is seeking release through the parole board.