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Court upholds life-without-parole sentence for Mississippi man convicted as juvenile

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to impose new restrictions on the ability of states to sentence juveniles to life without parole, rejecting a challenge from a Mississippi man, Brett Jones, who was convicted of the 2004 stabbing death of his grandfather, a crime committed when Jones was 15.

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High Court Decision Called ‘Alarming Reversal’ in  Youth Justice

The Crime Report

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in Jones v. Mississippi ruled judges do not need to make a factual finding of “permanent incorrigibility” when deciding to sentence a juvenile offender to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Photo courtesy Mississippi Department of Corrections.

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Prisoner who can’t show ‘factual innocence’ isn’t entitled to habeas relief, 5th Circuit says

ABA Journal

A Mississippi inmate’s habeas appeal is doomed because of U.S. Supreme Court decisions remarking that federal courts have discretion to deny relief as “law and…

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United States: Post-Roe Criminal Implications For Multi-State Entities - BakerHostetler

Mondaq

Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health, et al. Jackson Women's Health Organization, et al. has created profound.

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Michigan governor signs executive order protecting citizens from extradition relating to abortions

JURIST

The injunction came after the Supreme Court’s leaked decision overturning Roe v. Wade —the Supreme Court decision guaranteeing a constitutional right to abortion. At the end of June, the Supreme Court did indeed overrule Roe v. Wade in their decision in Dobbs v.

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US House committee weighs seating Cherokee Nation delegate

JURIST

The treaty eventually led to the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation from its land east of the Mississippi and the deaths of many Cherokee Natives on the Trail of Tears. Article 7 of the Treaty of New Echota grants the nation a delegate in the US House of Representatives as a necessary condition of the treaty.

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Arizona senate committee approves 15-week abortion ban

JURIST

The bill comes amidst the much-anticipated Supreme Court decision on Mississippi’s abortion law, which has the potential to drastically transform abortion rights in the US. An Arizona Senate committee Thursday voted in favor of a bill that prohibits abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

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