DETROIT (AP) — The case of an overnight attack on a couple in a small Michigan town could rewrite the rules for life sentences for teens convicted of murder. The state appeals court said juries — not judges — must decide whether someone under 18 gets life in prison without parole — an extraordinary shift in Michigan's justice system. [...] the appeals court, in a 2-1 decision on Aug.

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