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Supreme Court to Hear Case of LWoP Sentencing for Juveniles

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases from Florida addressing the constitutionality of life without parole sentencing for juvenile offenders.  The cases will be heard in the next term, which will begin in October 2009.Adam Liptak reports, "Justices Agree to Take Up Sentencing for Young Offenders," in today's New York Times.The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider whether the reasoning that led it to strike down the death penalty for juvenile offenders four years ago should also apply to sentences of life without the possibility of parole. The court accepted two cases on the issue, both from Florida and neither involving a killing. In one, Joe Sullivan was sentenced to life without the possibility of release for raping a 72-year-old woman in 1989, when he was 13...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 05, 2009 (boomark / email).