SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 22, 2021
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.
The Crime Report
MAY 18, 2021
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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ABA Journal
JANUARY 5, 2023
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…
Mondaq
JULY 12, 2022
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.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
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.
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
An increasing number of Americans now believe US Supreme Court decision-making is based more on political ideology than the rule of law. Evidence that this disturbing trend is true can be found when taking a closer look at the shift in how the Court has dealt with juvenile cases dating back to 2005. Mississippi.
The Crime Report
JUNE 1, 2021
What if the decisions of your 15-year-old self now made it impossible for you to have a family, a career, or any life at all? Supreme Court’s April decision on Jones v. Mississippi , the majority of justices made it much easier for teens who commit serious crimes to pay with the rest of their lives. Mississippi.
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