SLRI Presents: State Constitutions & The Limits Of Criminal Punishments, a symposium at Rutgers Law School | October 24, 2024
LWOP for rape is "cruel" punishment as applied to youth
Categories: Sentencing
Bans mandatory LWOP for people under 21
Bans all youth LWOP
Bans youth LWOP
Bans LWOP up to age 21
Bans mandatory LWOP for 18 year olds
Youth LWOP is presumed disproprotionate
Bans mandatory LWOP for drug possession
Bans 30-year mandatory minimum for youth
Rehabilitation progress is mitigating under Miller v. Alabama