Foreword
In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Miller v. Alabama that dispensing mandatory life sentences without the opportunity of parole to individuals convicted of crimes while under age 18 violated the Constitution’s prohibition on “cruel and unusual punishment.” The decision built on an earlier Court ruling in Graham v. Florida (2010), which said such sentences were prohibited for crimes other than homicide. Following Miller, the 26 States that had such mandatory life sentencing were forced to end the practice. The Supreme Court did not specify, however, what should be done with the individuals who were already serving their life…
