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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
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