The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (and you know who voted how) that a mandatory sentence of life without parole for those who commit murder when under 18 is cruel and unusual punishment and therefore unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. Back in 2005, the Court ruled against the death penalty for minors who commit murder.
Today’s cases were Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs, both involving plaintiffs who were 14 at the time they committed murder.
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