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Michigan Juveniles Entitled Miller Montgomery Resentencing
Loaded on Nov. 30, 2017
by Mark Wilson
by Mark Wilson
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit remanded a suit challenging Michigan juvenile life without parole (LWOP) statutes, to address the issues under the legal landscape established by the United States Supreme Court. On remand, the district court declared that the juveniles …
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