Litigation involving life sentence inmates (1974-1978)

State v. Bowden
Jones v. Keller
Brown v. NC Dept of Correction

On Aug. 27, 2010, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued opinions in the cases Jones v. Keller and Brown vs. NC Dept of Correction.

Both cases involved the awarding of sentence reduction credits to inmates sentenced to life in prison during a period in the 1970s.

Additional information on the history of this litigation can be found by following the links below:

Jones v. Keller opinion - Aug 27, 2010

Brown v. NC Dept of Correction opinion  - Aug 27, 2010

News release - State's calculation of life sentences upheld - Aug 27, 2010

List of affected life sentence inmates - April 12, 2010

State implements plan to comply with State v. Bowden ruling, calculates inmate release dates - Nov. 19, 2009

Administrative Memorandum: State v Bowden Compliance - Nov. 17, 2009

NC Court of Appeals opinion State v. Bowden- Nov 4, 2008

Additional names added to list of affected inmates - Oct. 24, 2009

Statement from the Governor regarding prisoner release - Oct. 22, 2009

Gov.Perdue appalled at ruling that cuts short life sentences - Oct 15, 2009

NC Supreme Court opinion State v. Bowden - Oct. 9, 2009