Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided Jones v. Mississippi. The question presented was "Whether the Eighth Amendment requires the sentencing authority to make a finding that a juvenile is permanently ...

Held: In the case of a defendant who committed a homicide when he or she was under 18, Miller and Montgomery do not require the sentencer to make a separate factual finding of permanent ...

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 vote, ruled Thursday that a judge need not make a finding of "permanent incorrigibility" before sentencing a juvenile offender to life without parole. At the center of ...

WASHINGTON — Over the last 15 years, the Supreme Court, led by Justice Anthony Kennedy, methodically put limits on the availability of the harshest penalties for crimes committed by juveniles, first ...