Juvenile Sentencing: Approaches After Miller
By: Kristin Godsey, L’18 In Miller v. Alabama, the Supreme Court held that mandatory life without parole sentences are unconstitutional for juvenile offenders because they violate the 8th Amendment.[1] Miller involved two cases where a fourteen-year-old was sentenced to a mandatory term of life without parole.[2] Both sentencing schemes at issue did not allow judges or juries to consider youthful factors and impose a lesser … Continue reading Juvenile Sentencing: Approaches After Miller