Jason Baker and Luis Beltran can ask for release from prison under state Supreme Court's recent Comer ruling.
in Vineland in 1994. Last month, the state Supreme Court ruled that juvenile inmates should be allowed to apply for release after serving 20 years.
Comer was 17 years old in April 2000 when he joined in a robbery spree in Essex County in which one man was shot to death. Comer never fired a shot, but was convicted of felony murder as an accomplice and initially sentenced to 75 years in prison. Like many juvenile inmates, Baker and Beltran fought to have their sentences reduced. In recent years, there have been a series of Supreme Court decisions that have tilted the scales in favor of treating juvenile crimes — no matter how heinous — with more leniency.
The ruling opened the door to an estimated 60 inmates serving life sentences for crimes committed by juveniles, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. Friday’s Appellate division says that the Comer decision applies to Baker and Beltran, who have both been locked up for more than 25 years.
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