Criminal,
Constitutional Law,
California Supreme Court
Feb. 27, 2018
State high court rules juvenile offender’s 50-year sentence is unconstitutional
A divided state Supreme Court ruled teenage kidnapper-rapists should not have to wait 25 years for a parole hearing.
In a 4-3 split, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that the 50- and 58-year sentences given to two juveniles convicted of kidnapping and rape were unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment, and violated prohibitions against sentencing juveniles to the functional equivalent of life without parole for non-homicide crimes.
The decision raises new questions about limitations built into the state's youth offender parole hearing law,...
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