Petition of the day
By Aurora Barnes
on May 9, 2018

Thepetition of the day is:
17-1343
Issues:(1) Whether the Eighth Amendment requires the sentencing authority to make a finding that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible in order to impose a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole; and (2) whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits a life without parole sentence for a crime committed by a juvenile.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: Davis v. Mississippi
Recommended Citation:
Aurora Barnes,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (May. 9, 2018, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2018/05/petition-of-the-day-1379/