Posts tagged constitution violation

Supreme Court says life without parole should be rare for juveniles. It’s far from rare in Mississippi.

Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that life without parole should be “rare” for juveniles, Mississippi continues to sentence two-thirds of these teens to die in prison.

Mississippi ‘throws away’ juveniles, robbing them of chance for redemption, advocates say

Despite a nationwide trend to abolish life-without-parole sentences for children, Mississippi continues to violate the constitution by condemning juvenile offenders to a lifetime in prison regardless of their potential for rehabilitation, juvenile justice advocates say.