Attorneys for an Arizona man who was sentenced to life in federal prison for crimes he committed as a juvenile are pushing for his time to be cut short.
Carmen Briones holds up photos of her husband, Riley Briones Jr., who is serving life in prison, on Feb. 22, 2022, in Anthem, Ariz. Riley Briones' attorneys are asking a federal appeals court for another chance to argue his sentence should be cut short based on improvements he's made behind bars since being convicted in the 1994 death of Brian Patrick Lindsay when Briones was 17. – Shortly after Riley Briones Jr.
The U.S. Supreme Court opened the door for that possibility with a 2012 ruling that said only the rare, irredeemable juvenile offender should serve life in prison. Over the past decade, most of the 39 defendants in federal cases who received that sentence have gotten a reprieve and are serving far fewer years behind bars.
Prosecutors said the murder was the most egregious of the violent crimes that Briones helped plot and carry out on the reservation about 15 miles from Phoenix. But there were others that demonstrated a “murderous, unrepentant and unapologetic attitude,” prosecutors said.The gang members set diversionary fires while they firebombed a rival's house and did drive-by shootings. They stole cars and firearms to carry out the crimes.
“Riley made that decision,” said Carmen Briones, who is enrolled Pascua Yaqui. “He said, ‘I have to have a different life. I can’t have the same life I had before.’" The California-based Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, a victims rights group, said changes in the law that continually allow juvenile offenders to get another shot at freedom are damaging for the families, communities and the criminal justice system.
It's the third-longest resentence among defendants, not including those whose life sentences were reaffirmed or didn't get a chance to plead for less time. The resentences range from 15 years to 70 years.
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