New ruling gives Mass. inmate chance at freedom

September 25, 2012 11:33 AM

At 17, Joseph Donovan was sentenced to life in prison without parole for a murder committed by someone he was with. CBS News reporter Julia Dahl reports on the Supreme Court decision that could set him free.

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