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Reviewing the limited impact of Graham in Florida

By Douglas A. Berman

Thanks to How Appealing, I just saw this lengthy article from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, which is headlined "Juvenile offenders still get near-life terms." Here is how the piece gets started: More than six months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Florida's practice of sending juveniles to prison for the rest of their lives for non-murder crimes was unconstitutional, not a single former juvenile sentenced in such cases has found much relief. Instead, Florida courts, in several high-profile cases are re-sentencing the juveniles to new terms that still amount to life sentences.  And Gov. Charlie Crist and the state Cabinet are now poised to reject the clemency case of a 15-year-old who received four life sentences for armed robberies in the Tampa Bay area...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 22, 2010 (boomark / email).