Supreme Court Weighs Whether DC Sniper Should Be Resentenced in JLWOP Case
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Seventeen years after Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad killed and injured multiple people during a series of sniper attacks, the Supreme Court is...
Inmate From Supreme Court Case Rejected for Parole a Second Time
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It’s now been three years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Henry Montgomery should have a chance to earn parole, because he’d been a teenager at the time of his crime. But on Thursday, the Louisiana parole board voted against parole for Montgomery for the second time. So Montgomery, now 72, will remain in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, working five days a week at the prison silk-screen shop, as he has for decades. “I’m almost at a loss for words at how it is possible that Henry, yet again, was denied. One would have thought that he would be one of the first,” said Marsha Levick, chief legal officer of the Juvenile Law Center.
Montgomery Case Raises Question: Are Parole Boards Following High Court Guidelines?
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Last month marked two years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Henry Montgomery, a quiet prisoner at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.
Attorneys Struggle to Address JLWOP Resentencing Hearings in Louisiana
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More than 23 years ago, 15-year-old Damien Riley walked into the Legends Comics and Sports Cards store, browsed through the cards, then aimed his gun at the back of the head of 41-year-old store owner Michael Kleban, who was sitting at the counter listening to the radio.
Arizona, Other States Need Resentencing Guidelines for JLWOP Youth
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The current law of the land prohibits the use of mandatory sentences of life without the possibility of parole (LWOP) for juvenile offenders due to Miller v. Alabama.
Some State Laws Slow Resentencings Despite Miller v. Alabama Decision
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While the man behind the landmark decision that ended mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles waits for a new sentence, other inmates given the same term are getting a shot at eventual freedom.