Missouri recently passed Senate Bill 590 (“SB 590”) in response to these decisions. However, inadequate time, research, and consideration were given to the passage of SB 590, in part because it was rushed through the legislature near the end of the legislative session. As a result, the bill has many shortcomings that must be fixed; this is the primary focus of this Note. Part II of this Note examines the necessary context and background of a handful of Supreme Court decisions pertaining to this issue. Part III discusses the language and likely impact of SB 590. Part III analyzes the issue presented by the Miller decision, highlights how Missouri has failed to adequately address this issue, assesses what other states have done, and suggests ...
This Article proposes a unique framework establishing that the United States Supreme Court’s decisio...
At the end of the twentieth century, the United States was an international outlier in the severity ...
In Miller v. Alabama, the United States Supreme Court held that mandatory life sentences without par...
Missouri recently passed Senate Bill 590 (“SB 590”) in response to these decisions. However, inadequ...
Part II gives a brief background of the facts and circumstances surrounding the Hart decision. Part ...
Part II of this Note will look at the court\u27s decision to allow juveniles to be sentenced to life...
In the past decade, the Supreme Court has transformed the constitutional landscape of juvenile crime...
This Article focuses very little on the implications of Miller and Graham for the population they mo...
Part II of this Article examines some of the most well-known claims about the Missouri Model of juve...
The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits excessive criminal sanctions, and the Suprem...
In the last three years the Supreme Court has decreed a sea change in its juvenile Eighth Amendment ...
Part II of this Foreword briefly addresses one open constitutional question in the wake of Miller: i...
Ledale Nathan was convicted of second-degree murder and a series of nonhomicide offenses stemming fr...
In the 1980s and 1990s, nearly every state enacted legislative changes that eased the process of tre...
Tennessee has long been considered the harshest in the nation regarding its treatment of minors conv...
This Article proposes a unique framework establishing that the United States Supreme Court’s decisio...
At the end of the twentieth century, the United States was an international outlier in the severity ...
In Miller v. Alabama, the United States Supreme Court held that mandatory life sentences without par...
Missouri recently passed Senate Bill 590 (“SB 590”) in response to these decisions. However, inadequ...
Part II gives a brief background of the facts and circumstances surrounding the Hart decision. Part ...
Part II of this Note will look at the court\u27s decision to allow juveniles to be sentenced to life...
In the past decade, the Supreme Court has transformed the constitutional landscape of juvenile crime...
This Article focuses very little on the implications of Miller and Graham for the population they mo...
Part II of this Article examines some of the most well-known claims about the Missouri Model of juve...
The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits excessive criminal sanctions, and the Suprem...
In the last three years the Supreme Court has decreed a sea change in its juvenile Eighth Amendment ...
Part II of this Foreword briefly addresses one open constitutional question in the wake of Miller: i...
Ledale Nathan was convicted of second-degree murder and a series of nonhomicide offenses stemming fr...
In the 1980s and 1990s, nearly every state enacted legislative changes that eased the process of tre...
Tennessee has long been considered the harshest in the nation regarding its treatment of minors conv...
This Article proposes a unique framework establishing that the United States Supreme Court’s decisio...
At the end of the twentieth century, the United States was an international outlier in the severity ...
In Miller v. Alabama, the United States Supreme Court held that mandatory life sentences without par...