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A public hearing to consider the possible parole of Robert Burton, #246917

August 10, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

CONTACT:  Chris Gautz, Public Information Officer

                        517-373-6391

 

The Michigan Parole Board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, August 24, 2017 to consider the possible parole of Robert Burton, #246917.  It will be held at 9:00 a.m. at the T-100 Training Center; G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson, Michigan.

Robert Burton is serving a Life sentence for the crime of Conspiracy to Murder 1st Degree. He was sentenced on December 14, 1995 out of Wayne County.

Barbara S. Sampson and Melissa K. Jennings, Members of the Michigan Parole Board, will conduct the hearing under the provisions of the Lifer Law, MCLA 791.234.

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