meantime, john, authorities say they are reaching out to family members, friends and ascare importances of the fugitives. >>> the u.s. supreme court has ruled inmates serving life terms without parole for murder, that they committed as minors, must be given a chance to be set free. the court ruled on a case from louisiana and jonathan martin has more from new orleans. >> reporter: more than 1,000 u.s. prisoners convicted of murder as juveniles have been served life sentences without parole. >> all of these men and woman, some of whom have been in prison for many, many decades now get an opportunity to make their case to a judge or to a parole board for why it is, that it's safe to send them home. >> reporter: in a 6-3 decision, the high court determined the 2012 ruling giving all teenagers sentenced to life should be applied retroactively. >> this is justice is justice, and kids are kids everywhere, no matter what the accident of geography and time. >> reporter: the case involved henry montgomery who has sent over half a century behind bars. 1963 at 17 years old he killed a sheriff's de