ON A 5-4 RULING, the JUSTICES OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, HAVE DETERMINED THAT JUVENILES (CONVICTED OF MURDER) CAN NO LONGER BE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE. 5 OF THE JUSTICES AGREED THAT THE PRACTICE OF SENTENCING CHILDREN TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE VIOLATED THE 8TH AMENDMENT’S BAN ON CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT.
A TEXAS TEEN APPEALED HIS SENTENCE TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, AND THIS MORNING THE U.S. SUPREME COURT OVERRULED THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT ON THE MATTER.
