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Gearing up for the SCOTUS juve LWOP cases on the horizon

By Douglas A. Berman

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I was pleased to receive word this week that the Institute of Bill of Rights Law had chosen one of the two juve LWOP cases, Sullivan v. Florida, for its moot court event as part of its Supreme Court Preview 2009-2010. The Institute's decision to moot this juve LWOP case confirms my instinct that Sullivan (and the companion case Graham) are perhaps the most important and interesting cases on the Supreme Court's current docket. Adding to my excitement, today I came across this effective new piece about Graham and Sullivan from the online magazine Miller-McCune.com. The piece is titled "Should Minors Ever Face Life Without Parole?," and here are a few excerpts: In the term beginning this October, the Supremes will hear two cases ? one involving a 13-year-old sex offender, the other a 17-year-old probation violator present when a felony murder occurred ? both aiming to challenge life-without-parole sentences for juveniles (known by the unwieldy acronym JLWOP)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 07, 2009 (boomark / email).