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Still no SCOTUS action on Sullivan juve LWOP case from Florida

By Douglas A. Berman

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Thanks to SCOTUSblog's posting of today's Supreme Court orders list, it appears that for the second straight week the the Justices have decided not to decide what to do with the cert petition in Sullivan v. Florida. As detailed in posts linked below, Sullivan involves an Eighth Amendment challenge a sentence of life without parole given to a rape defendant who was only 13 years old(!) at the time of the crime. Some related posts on juve LWOP and the Sullivan case: EJI files seeks cert on claim that juve LWOP is unconstitutional for 13-year-old offender "A Life Term for Rape at 13: Cruel and Unusual?" CNN covers Sullivan case as SCOTUS considers juve LWOP NYTimes coverage of very young lifers Does Roper suggest young juve LWOP is unconstitutional? Juves serving life terms Life without parole for juvenile may be cruel, but it is not unusual The next issue in sentencing of juveniles? New HRW report assailing juve LWOP in California LDF report documents disparities in juve LWOP in Mississippi continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 27, 2009 (boomark / email).