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23 Apr 2021 |

SCOTUS Opinion: Juvenile Murderers Face Life In Prison Without Parole Even If Not Deemed Permanently Incorrigible

Brett Jones was 15 when he murdered his grandfather. Under Mississippi law at the time, he received a mandatory sentence of life without parole. Then, in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S 460 (2012), the Supreme Court held that a juvenile can only be sentenced to life without parole if there was discretion to impose a lesser punishment. Upon reconsideration, the ... Read More

TAGGED: Permanently Incorrigible, life without parole, Miller v. Alabama, Jones v. Mississippi, Montgomery v. Louisiana