Justice News from SCOTUS to a Wrongful Execution?
Justice News from SCOTUS to a Wrongful Execution? Dear Friends, The United States is the only country that allows children to be sentenced to life without parole (LWOP). But in the last 20-years, the United States Supreme Court had steadily limited the most severe sentences for children, including juvenile-LWOP. As I write in my latest […]
A One-Two Punch for Juveniles
April brought a one-two punch for juveniles. Punch One: Jones v. Mississippi (April 2021) For the last 20 years, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a string of decisions limiting the most severe sentences for children. The Court abolished capital punishment for juvenile offenders. It prohibited life without parole (LWOP) in cases that did not involve […]