Maryland man returns home to 'honeymoon' after life sentence in prison is commuted

Curtis Brooks had been out of prison in Colorado for one week when he arrived at a church in Maryland on Monday, doling out hugs and posing for pictures with U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and state Sen. Joanne Benson, a Democrat.

He'd spent the past 24 years behind bars, after being sentenced to life without parole for his involvement at age 15 in a carjacking that led to a fatal shooting in Aurora, Colorado. Another boy pulled the trigger...