Monday, May 17, 2010

Supreme Court bars some life terms for juveniles

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday it was unconstitutional to sentence juveniles to life in prison without parole for crimes other than murder.


By a 6-3 vote, the nation's highest court ruled that life imprisonment without parole in such cases violated the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

An estimated 111 defendants in the United States have been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for crimes other than murder committed when they were under age 18. About 70 percent of them are imprisoned in Florida.  Read more...


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