California Supreme Court
Jun. 2, 2012
Justices consider de facto life sentences for juveniles
Sentencing of juvenile offenders got the state Supreme Court's attention on Thursday as the justices heard oral argument in the appeal of a 16-year-old Palmdale youth put behind bars for 110 years-to-life for attempted murder.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Sentencing of juvenile offenders got the state Supreme Court's attention on Thursday as the justices heard oral argument in the appeal of a 16-year-old Palmdale youth put behind bars for 110 years-to-life for attempted murder.
A state appellate panel affirmed the sentence, holding it did not violate a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that juveniles cannot be sentenced to life without ...
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