In a 21-page opinion, Tennessee's Supreme Court ruled against a state law mandating life sentences for juvenile homicide offenders. The decision was made with a 3-2 majority opinion.
ruled against a state law mandating life sentences for juvenile homicide offenders on Friday, stating it was"cruel and unusual punishment," and a violation of the Eighth Amendment.
"Automatically imposing a fifty-one-year-minimum life sentence on a juvenile offender without regard to the juvenile’s age and attendant circumstances can, for some juveniles, offend contemporary standards of decency," Lee wrote in the 3-2 majority opinion, according to the Associated Press.
Governor Bill Haslam speaks during the grand opening celebration of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on April 15, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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