No. 18-7295
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment graham-v-florida juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment miller-v-alabama National-Consensus parole scientific-evidence
Latest Conference:
2019-03-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
WHETHER EIGHTH AMENDMENT'S PROTECTION ESTABLISHED IN GRAHAM AND MILLER SHOULD BE EXPANDED BEYOND AGE CUTOFF AT EIGHTEEN TO PROHIBIT MANDATORY LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT PAROLE BASED ON NEW SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND GROWING NATIONAL CONSENSUS?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Amendment's protection established in Graham and Miller should be expanded beyond age cutoff at eighteen to prohibit mandatory life imprisonment without parole based on new scientific evidence and growing national consensus?
Docket Entries
2019-03-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019.
2019-02-07
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2019-01-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 7, 2019)
Attorneys
Earnest Barnes
Earnest Barnes — Petitioner
Florida
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent