Podcast: 'On the Record' discusses serious juvenile offenders getting a second look at sentences

On the Record with Trish

 Mehaffey, courts reporter with The Gazette, discusses juvenile offenders being resentenced in light of the 2014 Lyle case, which prohibits mandatory minimum sentences without giving the defendant an individualized sentencing. First Assistant Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks is the guest this week.   

Ramone Moon, convicted of four counts of first-degree robbery in 2010, was resentenced Wednesday in Linn County District Court to 25 years in prison without a mandatory minimum, which makes him eligible for parole. The original sentence was 25 years with a mandatory 17  to be served before being eligible for parole. 

Maybanks was the prosecutor in the 2010 trial and recommended the 25 years without the mandatory 17 because this case involved a violent crime and Moon was armed with a handgun. Moon, armed with a gun, robbed two Woody's Club dancers and their boyfriends at a motel in 2009. He also pistol whipped  and assaulted the victims.        

On the Record is a weekly news podcast focusing on courts, crime trends and any legal issue of the day.

Download: On the Record, August 6