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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. That not only amounts to a reversal of a precedent set earlier by the Court, but is an “alarming” step back in protecting juveniles, say Arthur Ago and Rochelle Swartz of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. But the majority of the court unraveled this holding.

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Court upholds life-without-parole sentence for Mississippi man convicted as juvenile

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to impose new restrictions on the ability of states to sentence juveniles to life without parole, rejecting a challenge from a Mississippi man, Brett Jones, who was convicted of the 2004 stabbing death of his grandfather, a crime committed when Jones was 15.

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

SCOTUSBlog

Numerous groups attack the viability standard that the court adopted in Roe v. Against stare decisis. Many amici focus on the principle of stare decisis – and urge the court not to follow it in this case. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Legislative authority.