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Texas considers eliminating LWOP for juvies, two steps ahead of SCOTUS

Amazingly, for once Texas appears to be ahead of the curve regarding reforms to capital sentencing, with the state Legislature poised to potentially eliminate life without parole entirely for juveniles, even as the US Supreme Court has decided to consider whether to ban the practice for juveniles in non-murder cases.SCOTUS today agreed to hear two cases out of Florida that will determine the constitutionality of sentencing juveniles in non-murder cases to life without parole (LWOP), Reuters reports:The nation's high court agreed to hear two Florida cases, one involving a 13-year-old convicted of raping an elderly woman and the other involving a 17-year-old who took part in an armed home-invasion robbery while on probation for an earlier violent crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 04, 2009 (boomark / email).