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‘The system failed,’ says 1977-convicted cop killer whose court file was lost

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‘The system failed,’ says 1977-convicted cop killer whose court file was lost

He went into prison as a 17-year-old convicted cop killer sentenced to mandatory life behind bars.

Forty-three years later, Charles Lewis, now a 59-year-old man with glasses, a slight paunch and a shaved head marked with patches of gray stubble, is still hoping to find freedom.

Lewis is one of 350-plus Michigan Department of Corrections inmates who had been serving a mandatory life sentence for crimes committed before they turned 18.

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