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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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US Supreme Court rules on life imprisonment for juveniles

JURIST

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.

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High Court Decision Called ‘Alarming Reversal’ in  Youth Justice

The Crime Report

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.

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Supreme Court overturns constitutional right to abortion

SCOTUSBlog

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.

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Supreme indifference: What the Texas case signals about the court’s treatment of abortion

SCOTUSBlog

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.

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Abortion Rights Took Center Stage During Busy Week for Supreme Court

Constitutional Law Reporter

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.

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Abortion Rights Took Center Stage During Busy Week for Supreme Court

Constitutional Law Reporter

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.