In this week’s Now You Know Akron (NYKA) podcast, Tania Nemer, the community outreach prosecutor for the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office, and Nicole “Niki” Clum, the legislative policy manager for the Ohio Public Defender’s Office, debate the merits of Senate Bill 256, a new state law that provides parole eligibility for juvenile offenders based on the amount of time they’ve served and what they were convicted of, as well as prohibiting life without parole sentences, except in rare circumstances.

<p>In this week&rsquo;s Now You Know Akron (NYKA) podcast, Tania Nemer, the community outreach prosecutor for the Summit County Prosecutor&rsquo;s Office, and Nicole &ldquo;Niki&rdquo; Clum, the legislative policy manager for the Ohio Public Defender&rsquo;s Office, debate the merits of Senate Bill 256, a new state law that provides parole eligibility for juvenile offenders based on the amount of time they&rsquo;ve served and what they were convicted of, as well as prohibiting life without parole sentences, except in rare circumstances.</p>

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