Life Sentences for Young Murderers Revisited by U.S. High Court
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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to clarify the reach of a 2012 ruling that bars states from imposing mandatory life-without-parole sentences on juveniles who are convicted of taking part in a murder.
The justices today said they will use a case from Louisiana to consider whether the 2012 decision applies retroactively to potentially hundreds of people.