SLRI Presents: State Constitutions & The Limits Of Criminal Punishments, a symposium at Rutgers Law School | October 24, 2024
Miller v. Alabama requires on-the-record findings and applies to de facto LWOP
Categories: Sentencing
Bans de facto LWOP for youth found "neither incorrigible nor irredeemable"
Permits de facto youth LWOP for certain crimes
Bans de facto LWOP for youth under 18
Bans mandatory LWOP for people under 21
Bans LWOP for youth under 18
Repeated parole denials yield excessive sentences
Felony murder youth LWOP violates state constitution
Life in prison for indecent exposure is unconstitutionally excessive