OWENS, J. ¶ 1 At issue here is the constitutionality of sentencing juvenile offenders to life in prison without the possibility of parole or early release. The State appeals a Court of Appeals, Division Two decision holding that the provision of our state's Miller 1 -fix statute that allows 16- and 17-year-olds to be sentenced to life without parole violates the Washington Constitution's ban on…
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