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‘Digging into the remorse & sorrow’: The rehabilitation of Douglas Shuman

In the 23 years since Douglas S. Shuman shot and killed his parents, he has walked the long road of rehabilitation, turning "emotional impairment" into "emotional growth," by "digging into the remorse and sorrow" he has carried during his two-plus decades behind bars.

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Douglas Shuman’s minimum sentence reduced for 1997 murder of parents

In a resentencing hearing held in St. Joseph County Circuit Court Thursday, Judge Paul Stutesman reduced the minimum sentence of 41-year-old Douglas S. Shuman, who was originally sentenced to two concurrent terms of life in prison and two additional years for a felony firearm conviction, after he shot and killed his parents James and Arunee Shuman in Three Rivers in 1997.

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