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Petition of the day

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on Jan 25, 2018
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The petition of the day is:

Wyoming v. Sam
17-952

Issue: Whether, when a juvenile is sentenced for murder and other violent crimes, the Eighth Amendment limits a judge to sentencing the juvenile to an aggregate term of years that allows a meaningful opportunity for release even though none of the separate sentences are cruel and unusual.

Posted in Cases in the Pipeline

Cases: Wyoming v. Sam

Recommended Citation: Aurora Barnes, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Jan. 25, 2018, 12:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2018/01/petition-of-the-day-1309/