Authority: Supreme Court (USA)

Date: 06/25/2012

Subject: The Supreme Court stating that the requirement, provided for in some States, to hand down life sentences without possibility of parole to juveniles convicted for murder violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, regardless of the nature of the offence

Parties: Miller v. Alabama

Original language: English

Classification: Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights - Justice - Art. 49 Proportionality of penalties

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