 Remember, keep up with all the latest news from around the region online at thepublicsradio.org. While the Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled in favor of the so-called Mario's Law, that grants parole consideration for anyone who has served more than 20 years in prison for a crime committed in their youth. State authorities had insisted that the law did not apply to people serving multiple sentences like 40-year-old Mario Montiero, for whom the law is named.