Monday, August 26, 2013

After Supreme Court Ruling, States Act on Juvenile Sentences

Life in prison sentences for juveniles were struck down by Supreme Court, stumping states on how to adjust laws on violent crimes for young offenders - Stateline:

In 1980, Henry Hill was convicted of murdering a man in a Saginaw, Mich., park and sentenced to life in prison without parole, the mandatory sentence for the crime. He was 16 years old and functionally illiterate.

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