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People v. Stovall
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; second-degree murder; Michigan Parole Board Policy; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; parole eligibility
White v. Premo
Keywords LWOP; juvenile offender; juvenile life without parole; retroactive application of new law; Miller v. Alabama; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment
Commonwealth v. Felder
Keywords LWOP; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; Miller v. Alabama ; de facto life sentence
Kinkel v. Laney
Keywords mental illness as a mitigating factor; Miller v. Alabama; aggregate sentence; Eighth Amendment (U.S.)
People v. Buffer
Keywords Illinois Supreme Court; potential for rehabilitation of youth; juvenile offender sentencing; vacated sentence; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment
Commonwealth v. Lugo
Keywords juvenile offender; parole eligibility; judicial discretion; mandatory minimum sentence; second-degree murder
Commonwealth v. Blount
Keywords LWOP; juvenile life without parole; juvenile resentencing; mandatory minimum sentences
Bonilla v. Iowa Board of Parole
Keywords mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines; procedural protections; meaningful opportunity for release; procedural protections in parole hearings; rehabilitation potential of youth
Newton v. Indiana
Keywords Indiana Supreme Court; LWOP; consecutive sentences; Indiana Post-conviction Relief Rules
Commonwealth v. Lee
Keywords Pennsylvania Superior Court; attempted robbery; LWOP; shooting death; characteristics of youth
People v. House
Keywords LWOP; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; mandatory life sentence; proportionate penalties clause; Illinois Constitution; age; culpability
Howard v. Coonrod
Keywords Eighth Amendment; new sentencing procedures; cruel and unusual punishment; meaningful opportunity for release; juvenile offender
Commonwealth v. Sharma
Keywords youth convicted of second degree murder; juvenile second degree murder conviction; retroactive application of law; Miller v. Alabama; second-degree murder; juvenile offender; potential for rehabilitation
State v. McDougald
Keywords North Carolina criminal law; LWOP; retroactive application of sentencing law ; juvenile life without parole
People v. Matias
Keywords history of youth sentencing; black and brown youth; race; LWOP; juvenile life without parole; age at crime; cruel and unusual punishment