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
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. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in Jones v.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
JURIST
APRIL 24, 2021
Mississippi that when sentencing juvenile defendants to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole, judges need not make a separate factual finding concerning the defendant’s youth. The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Jones v. The challenge came from Brett Jones, who was convicted in 2004 of killing his grandfather at age 15.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 24, 2022
He agreed with the majority that the Mississippi abortion restriction at issue in the case should be upheld, but in a separate opinion, he argued that the court should not have overturned Roe. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , a challenge to a 2018 Mississippi law that bans virtually all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy.
SCOTUSBlog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Jackson Women’s Health Organization , a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks. While Texas has tried to avoid a confrontation with Roe and Casey through its private-enforcement scheme, the Mississippi case will all but force the justices to reverse or transform the court’s most important abortion precedents.
Constitutional Law Reporter
DECEMBER 27, 2021
However, in defending its controversial abortion law, the State of Mississippi has asked the Court to overturn its prior decisions in Roe v. Meanwhile, the Court’s liberal minority emphasized the importance of stare decisis, arguing that the Court’s decisions should not be impacted by the changing membership of the Court.
Constitutional Law Reporter
JANUARY 3, 2022
However, in defending its controversial abortion law, the State of Mississippi has asked the Court to overturn its prior decisions in Roe v. Meanwhile, the Court’s liberal minority emphasized the importance of stare decisis, arguing that the Court’s decisions should not be impacted by the changing membership of the Court.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
134 
Let's personalize your content