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—the Supreme Court held that "mandatory life without parole for those under the age of 18 at the time of their crimes violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on `cruel and unusual punishment.'"
- in Commonwealth v. Ricciardi, 2015 and 1,258 similar citations
—the Court held that the Eighth Amendment forbids a sentencing scheme that mandates life in prison without possibility of parole for juvenile offenders.
- in Hooper v. State, 2014 and 1,177 similar citations
I recognize that Miller does not categorically bar life without the possibility of parole for juvenile offenders.
- in People v. Wilder, 2015 and 65 similar citations
In Miller, the Supreme Court held that "mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles violate the Eighth Amendment."
- in Dingle v. INCH, 2021 and 371 similar citations
The Supreme Court noted that its cases have also "emphasized that the distinctive attributes of youth diminish the penological justifications for imposing the harshest sentences on juvenile offenders, even when they commit terrible crimes."
- in State v. Long, 2015 and 180 similar citations
—homicide offense, including the extent of his participation in the conduct and the way familial and peer pressures may have affected him. Indeed, it ignores that he might have been charged and convicted of a lesser offense if not for incompetencies associated with youth—for example, his inability to deal with police officers or prosecutors (including on a plea agreement) …
- in People v. Jordan, 2016 and 276 similar citations
He points to two Supreme Court cases that restricted states' ability to impose life-withoutparole sentences on juvenile offenders.
- in United States v. Williamson, 2022 and 32 similar citations
Nevertheless, the court did not, as the Supreme Court mandated in Miller, "take into account how children are different, and how those differences counsel against irrevocably sentencing them to a lifetime in prison
- in People v. Pearson, 2014 and 374 similar citations
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