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State v. Patrick
Keywords offender's youth as a mitigating factor; juvenile offender; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)
Hairston v. State
Keywords capital punishment; youth offenders; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment
Cruz v. United States
Keywords LWOP; juvenile sentencing; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment
Norman Brown v. Anne Precythe
Keywords juvenile homicide offenders; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment
In re C.Z.
Keywords COVID-19 in juvenile detention centers; juvenile justice; Pennsylvania Supreme Court; juvenile detention; public health risks ; safety of youth; currently detained youth
J.H. v. Edwards
Keywords juvenile detention; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; Fourteenth Amendment (U.S.); due process; COVID-19; class action law suit; response to coronavirus pandemic
People v. Manning
Keywords imposition of mandatory life sentence; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment ; juvenile offender
In re Brooks
Keywords juvenile sentencing; de facto life sentence; rehabilitation of juveniles; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; Washington State Supreme Court
Commonwealth v. Cobbs
Keywords LWOP; felony murder rule; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; juvenile life sentence; juvenile life without parole
People v. Lusby
Keywords juvenile resentencing; characteristics of youth; Miller v. Alabama; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)
State v. Moretti
Keywords Washington Supreme Court; cruel and unusual punishment; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); young adults; three strikes law ; LWOP; juvenile justice
Commonwealth v. Bourgeois
Keywords LWOP; de facto life imprisonment; juvenile life without parole; juvenile sentencing; Miller factors; potential for rehabilitation
Commonwealth v. Laplante
Keywords de facto life sentence; LWOP; Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; juvenile life without parole; youth tried as adult
State v. Helm
Keywords LWOP; tried as adult; youth tried as adults; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment
Roberio v. Massachusetts Parole Board
Keywords parole eligibility; felony-murder; LWOP; juvenile sentencing