Family members, advocates demand action after second-degree murder ruling

Lorraine “Mrs. Dee Dee” Haw thinks it’s time her son and others like him — those sentenced to a lifetime behind bars for second-degree murder — be allowed to come home.

Phillip Ocampo has spent 32 years in prison; he went in as an 18-year-old and recently turned 50.

“People got a tendency of saying, ‘Well, they did the crime. Let them do the time,’” Haw told a crowd Wednesday afternoon outside City Hall. “I’m with you on that. But how much time is enough time?”…

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