[As amended by order of the Supreme Court February 22, 2017.] Yu, J. ¶ 1 When a juvenile offender is sentenced in adult court, youth matters on a constitutional level. Even for homicide offenses, “mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles violate the Eighth Amendment.” Miller v. Alabama, <a href="/opinion/2959737/miller-v-alabama/#470" aria-descri…
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