More good news from Missouri: Parole plaintiffs granted summary judgment

By Elana Bildner Brown v. Precythe, No. 2:17-cv-04082-NKL, 2018 WL 4956519 (W.D. Mo. Oct. 12, 2018) Update: There’s further good news in the Missouri case challenging parole procedures for juvenile lifers: A year after they defeated a motion to dismiss, plaintiffs...

A “Meaningful Opportunity to Obtain Release” for Juvenile Offenders: Challenge to Missouri’s Parole System Survives Motion to Dismiss

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Pennsylvania: State Must Overcome Presumption Against Life-Without-Parole Sentences By Proving Incorrigibility Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

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State courts confirm lengthy, aggregate sentences may violate Graham and Miller

State Supreme Courts in New Jersey, Ohio, and Washington Confirm that Lengthy, Aggregate Term-of-Years Sentences May Violate Graham and Miller By Tessa Bialek In Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48 (2010), Miller v. Alabama, 132 S. Ct. 2455 (2012), and Montgomery v....

Louisiana Supreme Court Strikes Down De Facto JLWOP Sentence

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Mandatory minimum of 40 years struck down

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