(The Center Square) – A resentencing hearing got underway Monday in Spokane County Superior Court for a man sentenced to life in prison for the 2008 murders of two young people.

Justin Crenshaw stabbed and killed 18-year-old Sarah Clark and 20-year-old Tanner Pehl, then set the house on fire.

The convicted killer received life without parole, but because he was 20 years old at the time of his heinous crimes, he is eligible for resentencing.

That is the case due to a 2021 Washington Supreme Court ruling in State v. Monschke , which held that mandatory life-without-parole sentences are unconstitutional for offenders aged 18-20, thereby overturning the automatic sentences imposed on Kurtis Monschke and Dwayne Bartholomew.

The court determined that judges must now consider the youthfulne

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