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High Court Decision Called ‘Alarming Reversal’ in  Youth Justice

The Crime Report

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in Jones v. Mississippi ruled judges do not need to make a factual finding of “permanent incorrigibility” when deciding to sentence a juvenile offender to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Photo courtesy Mississippi Department of Corrections.

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We read all the amicus briefs in Dobbs so you don’t have to

SCOTUSBlog

Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the potentially momentous abortion case concerning a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Amicus briefs supporting Mississippi. Numerous groups attack the viability standard that the court adopted in Roe v. Against stare decisis.

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Modernize U.S. abortion law — and return abortion policy to the democratic process

SCOTUSBlog

Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the Supreme Court will consider one question: “Whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional.” Pro-life advocates argue laws like Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act , a 15-week abortion limit, are clearly constitutional. Law professor Helen Alvaré et al.

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