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Young says post-conviction motion cut sentence from life to 14 years

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · Chris Young (on being sentenced to life in prison) | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · August 19, 2026
Young says post-conviction motion cut sentence from life to 14 years
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
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Chris Young (on being sentenced to life in prison) | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
"But Brittany won a very rare post-conviction motion, a 2255, which is a habeas corpus petition, and she won it. She basically demonstrated your counsel was insufficient, right? Is that what it was?"
Young says Brittany won a rare post-conviction 2255 motion, which he describes as a habeas corpus petition, and that it led to his sentence being reduced from life to 14 years.
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