Complex sentence: On September 30,2010, the district court issued an opinion declaring "Graham" retroactive and resentenced Mr. Means in absentia to life imprisonment and severed the non-parole portion of Iowa law, thereby granting Means the opportunity for parole.
Split into simpler sentences: On September 30,2010, the district court issued an opinion declaring "Graham" retroactive. The court resentenced Mr. Means in absentia to life imprisonment and severed the non-parole portion of Iowa law, thereby granting Means the opportunity for parole.