Amnesty International et al., Amici Curiae
Constance de la Vega, Counsel of Record
Kuntrell Jackson was sentenced to life in prison without parole for a felony murder that took place in Arkansas shortly after his fourteenth birthday. He appealed his sentence, and the case was consolidated with Miller v. Alabama by the Supreme Court when it granted certiorari. Bryan A. Stevenson is a professor at the New York University School of Law and founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. The following is excerpted from the Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 9, 2012. In recent years, this Court has twice addressed the…
