Add to ORKGIn 2013, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, following a United States Supreme Court case, Miller v. Alabama, held that all juvenile homicide offenders would have an opportunity for parole after serving fifteen years in prison. Subsequently, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, in Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District, held that juvenile homicide offenders are entitled to representation by counsel at parole hearings, funds for expert witnesses, and can be granted judicial review of parole board decisions. The majority afforded these additional procedures with the intention of providing juvenile homicide offenders with a meaningful opportunity for release. The dissent argued that the majority overstepped t...
Over the last decade, the Supreme Court of the United States has delivered a series of rulings estab...
note published in law journalThe purpose of parole is to integrate prisoners into society by allowin...
In most states, juveniles may receive the sentence of life without the possibility of parole when co...
In 2013, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, following a United States Supreme Court case, ...
The Supreme Court\u27s recent decision in Miller v. Alabama found that juvenile life without the pos...
Almost 12,000 people in the United States are serving life sentences for crimes that occurred when t...
In the past decade, the Supreme Court has transformed the constitutional landscape of juvenile crime...
The Supreme Court has held that life without parole is an unconstitutional sentence for nearly all j...
Over 2,589 individuals sit in prison, where they have been condemned to die for crimes they committe...
In the past decade, the Supreme Court has transformed the constitutional landscape of juvenile crime...
State parole boards have historically operated free from constitutional constraints when making deci...
Regardless of the numerous differences between juveniles and adults, some states, including the Stat...
Across the country, states are grappling with how to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent dec...
The United States Supreme Court abolished mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles conv...
Part II of this Note will look at the court\u27s decision to allow juveniles to be sentenced to life...
Over the last decade, the Supreme Court of the United States has delivered a series of rulings estab...
note published in law journalThe purpose of parole is to integrate prisoners into society by allowin...
In most states, juveniles may receive the sentence of life without the possibility of parole when co...
In 2013, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, following a United States Supreme Court case, ...
The Supreme Court\u27s recent decision in Miller v. Alabama found that juvenile life without the pos...
Almost 12,000 people in the United States are serving life sentences for crimes that occurred when t...
In the past decade, the Supreme Court has transformed the constitutional landscape of juvenile crime...
The Supreme Court has held that life without parole is an unconstitutional sentence for nearly all j...
Over 2,589 individuals sit in prison, where they have been condemned to die for crimes they committe...
In the past decade, the Supreme Court has transformed the constitutional landscape of juvenile crime...
State parole boards have historically operated free from constitutional constraints when making deci...
Regardless of the numerous differences between juveniles and adults, some states, including the Stat...
Across the country, states are grappling with how to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent dec...
The United States Supreme Court abolished mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles conv...
Part II of this Note will look at the court\u27s decision to allow juveniles to be sentenced to life...
Over the last decade, the Supreme Court of the United States has delivered a series of rulings estab...
note published in law journalThe purpose of parole is to integrate prisoners into society by allowin...
In most states, juveniles may receive the sentence of life without the possibility of parole when co...