SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gennel Miles has been released after serving 16 years in prison for a felony murder conviction that attorneys said was based on weak and later-recanted testimony, according to a press release issued by Keker, Van Nest & Peters.
Miles was freed after lawyers sought relief under California’s felony murder reforms, which created a path for resentencing people convicted under the state’s former law.
The firm said its Felony Murder Resentencing Project has helped seven individuals reduce or overturn life sentences since reforms took effect in 2019…