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  • March 24, 2011
    Horwitz Questions Proposed Change to Criminal Law
    South County Independent: "Proposed changes too late to affect Woodmansee case" by Liz Boardman/Independent Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, March 24, 2011 - Attorney General Peter Kilmartin [RWU Law '98] said proposed legislation changing the "good time" statute for prison inmates would not keep child killer Michael Woodmansee behind bars, but involuntary commitment to a mental health facility might keep him off the streets. In 1983, Woodmansee agreed to a plea deal and was sentenced to 40 years, plus...
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