The Court banned laws in twenty-eight states that made life-without-parole sentences mandatory for juveniles convicted of murder.

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The Court banned laws in twenty-eight states that made life-without-parole sentences mandatory for juveniles convicted of murder. ​

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miller v. Alabama (2012) that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles convicted of murder violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments, effectively banning such laws in states that had them.

The Court Banned Laws in Twenty-Eight States That Made Life-Without-Parole