No. 18A1229
Tags: eighth-amendment individualized-sentencing juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama second-degree-murder
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits sentencing a juvenile offender to life without parole for multiple second-degree murder convictions without individualized consideration of mitigating factors of youth
Docket Entries
2019-05-29
Application (18A1229) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until August 22, 2019.
2019-05-23
Application (18A1229) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 23, 2019 to August 22, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.
Attorneys
Sam Newman
G. Ben Cohen — The Promise of Justice Initiative, Petitioner