Petition of the day
By Maureen Johnston
on Sep 16, 2014
The petition of the day is:
13-1348
Issue: Whether Miller v. Alabama – which held that a state may not sentence a teenage murderer to life imprisonment without parole unless the state provides a process whereby the sentencer considers the offender’s youth and attendant characteristics – should be applied retroactively to a murder conviction on collateral review.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: Nebraska v. Mantich
Recommended Citation:
Maureen Johnston,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Sep. 16, 2014, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2014/09/petition-of-the-day-681/