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Could we get the big juve LWOP Eighth Amendment rulings from SCOTUS next week?

By Douglas A. Berman

In this post back in October, I flagged what were then the 10 biggest cases to watch for sentencing fans in the new SCOTUS term.  The only cases on this list that were argued back in 2009 and that are still not resolved are Graham and Sullivan, the two juve LWOP Eighth Amendment cases from Florida.  With this new SCOTUSblog post indicating that the Justices will be handing down opinions on both Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, I am thinking that we might not have to wait much long for rulings in these cases. That said, given that Graham and Sullivan were argued in November and that there are still some outstanding cases that were argued in October (like the Stevens animal porn case), it is anything but certain that we will get a big Eighth Amendment ruling next week...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 16, 2010 (boomark / email).