Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided Jones v. Mississippi. The question presented was "Whether the Eighth Amendment requires the sentencing authority to make a finding that a juvenile is permanently ...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with whether the Constitution requires a trial court to find that a juvenile is permanently “incorrigible” before imposing a sentence of life without parole.
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 vote, ruled Thursday that a judge need not make a finding of "permanent incorrigibility" before sentencing a juvenile offender to life without parole. At the center of ...
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor repeatedly cited fellow Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s past opinions in a blistering dissent after the court’s conservative majority effectively allowed automatic life ...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a recent trend of leniency for minors convicted of serious crimes and said judges need not specifically find “permanent incorrigibility” before ...
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