Juvenile Sentencing Project

Veal v. State

Georgia Supreme Court concluded that juvenile offender sentenced to life without parole in discretionary regime entitled to resentencing because sentencing court did not make a determination that he was “irreparably corrupt.”

People v. Gutierrez (People v. Moffett)

California Supreme Court has remanded cases where juvenile offenders received discretionary LWOP, explaining that, at resentencing, LWOP should not be “the presumptive sentencing choice” and that the ultimate question will be whether the defendants can be deemed irreparably corrupt notwithstanding the diminished culpability and greater prospects for reform that ordinarily distinguish juveniles from adults.

State v. Boston

Nevada Supreme Court concluded that Graham applies to lengthy, term-of-year sentences, including aggregate sentences, that are the functional equivalent of life without parole.