SC sets aside life imprisonment imposed on a murder convict holding him ‘juvenile as on the day of occurrence’ [Read Judgment]
8 years, 8 months ago

SC sets aside life imprisonment imposed on a murder convict holding him ‘juvenile as on the day of occurrence’ [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court in Dilshad vs. State of U.P has set aside the punishment of life imprisonment imposed on a person convicted for murder, by holding him to be juvenile in terms of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, as on the day of occurrence.Apex Court Division Bench comprising of Justices V. Gopala Gowda and U.U. The Supreme Court in Dilshad vs. State of U.P has set aside the punishment of life imprisonment imposed on a person convicted for murder, by holding him to be juvenile in terms of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, as on the day of occurrence. During the pendency of Appeal in Supreme Court, Juvenile Justice Act was amended to include boys aged less than eighteen as juveniles. The Court referring to its decisions in Pratap Singh v. State of Jharkhand and another Dharambir v. State and another and Kalu v. State of Haryana said “It is thus well settled that in terms of Section 20 of the 2000 Act, in all cases where the accused was above 16 years but below 18 years of age on the date of occurrence, the proceedings pending in the Court would continue and be taken to the logical end subject to an exception that upon finding the juvenile to be guilty, the Court would not pass an order of sentence against him but the juvenile would be referred to the Board for appropriate orders under the 2000 Act.” The Court further said “In Jitendra Singh and another v. State of U.P., having found the juvenile guilty of the offence with which he was charged, in accordance with the law laid down by this Court as stated above, the matter was remanded to the jurisdictional Juvenile Justice Board constituted under the 2000 Act for determining appropriate quantum of fine.

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SC upholds man's conviction for raping minor girl in 1986
1 week, 1 day ago

SC upholds man's conviction for raping minor girl in 1986

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a man's conviction by the trial court for raping a minor girl in 1986 and lamented the nearly four-decade long wait of the survivor and her family members for the closure to a "horrific chapter" of their lives. SC upholds man's conviction for raping minor girl in 1986 A bench of Justices …

Seriousness Of Offence Not Ground To Deny Bail To Juvenile, 'Ends Of Justice' Mean Development, Rehabilitation, Protection Of Child: Patna HC
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1 month ago

Seriousness Of Offence Not Ground To Deny Bail To Juvenile, 'Ends Of Justice' Mean Development, Rehabilitation, Protection Of Child: Patna HC

Live Law  

The Patna High Court has reiterated that the involvement of a juvenile in an offense of serious nature is not, by itself, a ground for denying bail under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015. It thus overturned the order of the Children Court, which had rejected the bail petition of the appellant on the grounds that he was involved in a …

Juvenile tried as adult, gets 20-yr jail in rape case
1 month, 1 week ago

Juvenile tried as adult, gets 20-yr jail in rape case

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: A special POCSO court, on Monday, sentenced a juvenile to 20 years of imprisonment in connection with his involvement in the rape of the three-year old girl. Special POCSO court judge Vijendra Tripathi clarified that if the convict failed to deposited the penalty, he would have to serve three additional months in jail. However, considering the crime as heinous, …

Juvenile tried as adult sentenced to 20 years for raping three-year-old in Lucknow
1 month, 1 week ago

Juvenile tried as adult sentenced to 20 years for raping three-year-old in Lucknow

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: A special POCSO court, on Monday, sentenced a juvenile to 20 years of imprisonment for raping a three-year-old girl. Special POCSO court judge Vijendra Tripathi clarified that if the convict failed to deposit the penalty, he would have to serve three additional months in jail. However, considering the crime committed by the juvenile as heinous, the Juvenile Justice Board …

Juvenile justice: We shouldn't be sending kids to prison for life. I'm living proof.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Juvenile justice: We shouldn't be sending kids to prison for life. I'm living proof.

Slate  

This piece was originally published on State Court Report, a hub for reporting, analysis, and commentary about state courts and constitutions. In 2012’s Miller v. Alabama, the Supreme Court held that children can be sentenced to die in prison so long as they are “permanently incorrigible.” In Miller and previous cases, however, the court recognized that juveniles who commit crimes …

Sentenced to death as minor, man set free after 23 years
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Sentenced to death as minor, man set free after 23 years

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday set free a minor offender, more than 23 years after he was sentenced to death by an Uttarakhand court in a murder case, concluding how “grave injustice” was meted out to him by the trial court, high court and the top court that upheld his punishment overlooking the clear evidence establishing him to be a …

'Time He Lost Can't Be Restored' : Supreme Court Frees Prisoner After 25 Years, Finds He Was A Minor At The Time Of Offence
2 months, 2 weeks ago

'Time He Lost Can't Be Restored' : Supreme Court Frees Prisoner After 25 Years, Finds He Was A Minor At The Time Of Offence

Live Law  

In a remarkable judgment, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of a prisoner, who has been under incarceration for nearly 25 years, after finding that he was a juvenile at the time of the offence in the year 1994. After that, he filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court, producing a school certificate, showing him to be …

Juvenile crimes put under spotlight
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Juvenile crimes put under spotlight

China Daily  

The fight against juvenile crime is as important as the protection of young people, legal experts reiterated on Monday after two boys were punished for killing their classmate. "The behavior of Zhang and Li has constituted the crime of intentional homicide, with extremely serious circumstances and particularly cruel criminal means," the court said. "Li also played a significant role in …

Age of juvenile under law should be lowered to 14: Ajit Pawar
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Age of juvenile under law should be lowered to 14: Ajit Pawar

Hindustan Times  

PUNE Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has called for bringing down the legal age to define juveniles in criminal cases from 18 to 14 years. Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has called for bringing down the legal age to define juveniles in criminal cases from 18 to 14 years. Speaking to reporters in Baramati, his assembly constituency, on …

Trying juveniles as adults is not the answer
8 months, 1 week ago

Trying juveniles as adults is not the answer

The Hindu  

In May, a speeding car, allegedly driven by a teenager, killed two young techies in Pune. The High Court noted that the JJ Act is “not only a beneficial legislation, but is also a remedial one.” The push by some to prosecute the adolescent as an adult raises broader questions about the power of the juvenile justice system to address …

Juveniles Tried As Adults Cannot Be Deprived Of Their Right To Bail Under Juvenile Justice Act: Uttarakhand High Court
9 months, 1 week ago

Juveniles Tried As Adults Cannot Be Deprived Of Their Right To Bail Under Juvenile Justice Act: Uttarakhand High Court

Live Law  

The Uttarakhand High Court has extended bail to a juvenile accused in a case registered under Sections 376, 506 of the Indian Penal Code, and Section 5/6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. Subsequently, the JJ Board conducted a preliminary assessment under Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, and ordered that the accused be …

Pune Porsche accident: Juvenile Justice Board will decide trying teen accused as adult
10 months ago

Pune Porsche accident: Juvenile Justice Board will decide trying teen accused as adult

Op India  

A Juvenile Justice Board will decide whether or not the teenager involved in mowing down two people with his luxury race car earlier this week, should be tried as an adult, the lawyer representing the accused said. Patil said that the Juvenile Justice Board monitors the assessments through regular reports and complaints reports and decides after nearly 90 days whether …

JJ Act | 3 Months Time Limit For Preliminary Assessment Of Juvenile As Per Sec. 14(3) Not Mandatory: Supreme Court
10 months, 2 weeks ago

JJ Act | 3 Months Time Limit For Preliminary Assessment Of Juvenile As Per Sec. 14(3) Not Mandatory: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court held that the time limit of three months prescribed under Section 14 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 for ascertaining the mental and physical capacity of a child below the age of sixteen years to commit a serious offence is not mandatory but directory.“As in the process of preliminary inquiry there is involvement of many persons, namely,. …

Prosecution of juveniles sends a clear message
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Prosecution of juveniles sends a clear message

China Daily  

Li Min/China Daily Weeks after three middle school students allegedly murdered their classmate in Handan, Hebei province, the Supreme People's Procuratorate has decided to approve the prosecution of the three juveniles, aged 12 to 14. Amendment XI to the Criminal Law, which came into effect on March 1, 2021, added a paragraph saying a person aged 12 to 14 who …

Supreme Court Reviews Its Order, Reiterates Juvenile Justice Rules, 2007 Are Relevant Rules For Considering Question Of Juvenility
1 year ago

Supreme Court Reviews Its Order, Reiterates Juvenile Justice Rules, 2007 Are Relevant Rules For Considering Question Of Juvenility

Live Law  

The Supreme Court reviewed its 2019 judgment wherein, while remitting the question of juvenility to the Punjab & Haryana High Court, it opined that the relevant rules to be looked into are Juvenile Justice Rules, 2001. While doing so, the Court corrected its 2019 judgment against which review was sought and held that Juvenile Justice Rules, 2007 is required to …

Criminals are made, not born: SC judge Sanjiv Khanna
1 year, 2 months ago

Criminals are made, not born: SC judge Sanjiv Khanna

Hindustan Times  

No one is born a criminal but is made into one by circumstances, Supreme Court judge Sanjiv Khanna said on Thursday as he inaugurated a pan-India campaign by the National Legal Services Authority aimed at identifying juveniles in prisons and providing them with essential legal assistance to ensure their freedom from adult jails. SC judge Sanjiv Khanna inaugurated a pan-India …

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2023- Juvenile Justice Act
1 year, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2023- Juvenile Justice Act

Live Law  

Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 - Bone Ossification test does not give precise age, not entirely accurate. 2023 LiveLaw 1003 Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 - Primary school certificate valid proof of evidence, takes precedence over panchayat register. 2023 LiveLaw 244 Juvenile Justice Act, 2015; Section 19 - Children's Court must hold an inquiry to determine whether the child should be tried …

Supreme Court Acquits Woman In 23 Year Old Murder Case After Finding Her To Be A Juvenile At The Time Of Offence
1 year, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Acquits Woman In 23 Year Old Murder Case After Finding Her To Be A Juvenile At The Time Of Offence

Live Law  

The Supreme Court in a recent order acquitted a woman who was sentenced to suffer life-imprisonment for committing an offence of murder, after finding that she was a juvenile in 2000 when the offence took place. Setting-aside the concurring finding of the High Court and the Trial Court, the Bench of Justices Abhay Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, noted that at …

JJ Rules 2007| Where Exact Assessment Of Age Not Possible, Reduction Of 1 Year Can Be Given: Supreme Court Accepts Juvenility Plea In 95 Murder Case
1 year, 4 months ago

JJ Rules 2007| Where Exact Assessment Of Age Not Possible, Reduction Of 1 Year Can Be Given: Supreme Court Accepts Juvenility Plea In 95 Murder Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently reviewed and accepted the plea of juvenility by a convict after 27 years in an assault and murder case that took place in 1995. The Court held that even if the medical report which shows the age of the appellant as 19 years is taken to be correct, even then, in a case where an exact …

Juvenile Justice Board's Decision To Try Child As Adult Must Be Transparent And Fair: Bombay High Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Juvenile Justice Board's Decision To Try Child As Adult Must Be Transparent And Fair: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

Owing to several procedural lapses by the Juvenile Justice Board, Yavatmal, the Bombay High Court ordered re-adjudication of a plea to try two juveniles as adults in the case of a gang-rape of a minor girl. Justice GA Sanap at the Nagpur bench noted that the JJB’s roznama didn’t specify if the juveniles or their advocates were even given a …

20 years in jail, no remission for father who raped child: Supreme Court
1 year, 11 months ago

20 years in jail, no remission for father who raped child: Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

A man, convicted for raping his nine-year-old daughter, has been ordered to undergo 20 years of imprisonment without remission by the Supreme Court saying sanctity of the very relationship were destroyed by his debauched and devastating acts. A special fast track court here had held the man guilty in 2013 and convicted him under Sections 376, 377 and 506 of …

Explained: What Happens To Order Of Conviction When Juvenility Of Accused Is Proved Under Juvenile Justice Act?
2 years ago

Explained: What Happens To Order Of Conviction When Juvenility Of Accused Is Proved Under Juvenile Justice Act?

Live Law  

Under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, a person accused of an offence at any stage can raise a claim that he or she was a minor on the date of the commission of offence. The court is legally bound to order an inquiry to determine the age and if the claim of juvenility is proved, the accused is to be …

Debating Sensitivity and Sanctity of the Juvenile Justice Act - News18
2 years, 2 months ago

Debating Sensitivity and Sanctity of the Juvenile Justice Act - News18

News 18  

Earlier this month, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights issued draft guidelines that debated whether the preliminary assessment of minors in certain cases could be tried under law as adults under section 15 of the Juvenile Justice Act. The Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 dictated that a juvenile aged between 16 and 18 can be tried as an adult …

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Juvenile Justice Act
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Juvenile Justice Act

Live Law  

Juvenile Justice Juvenile Justice - Plea of juvenility could be raised in any court, at any stage even after the final disposal of the Special Leave Petition- Where the plea of juvenility is raised at a belated stage, often certain medical tests are resorted to forage determination in absence of the documents - While appreciating the evidence adduced on behalf …

Lenient law lets juveniles commit crimes, says Supreme Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Lenient law lets juveniles commit crimes, says Supreme Court

The Hindu  

A lenient juvenile law has increasingly emboldened juveniles to commit heinous crimes and it is for the government to re-examine the law before it is too late in the day, the Supreme Court said in a judgment on Wednesday. Justice Pardiwala, who authored the judgment, expressed doubts whether the merciful ways of the Juvenile Justice Act of 2015 with the …

Getting An Impression That Leniency Towards Juvenile Offenders Is Emboldening Them To Indulge In Heinous Crimes : Supreme Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Getting An Impression That Leniency Towards Juvenile Offenders Is Emboldening Them To Indulge In Heinous Crimes : Supreme Court

Live Law  

We have started gathering an impression that the leniency with which the juveniles are dealt with in the name of goal of reformation is making them more and more emboldened in indulging in such heinous crimes, the Supreme Court remarked in a judgment seting aside the orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kathua and the Jammu and Kashmir High Court …

Kathua gangrape: SC holds accused adult, not to be tried as juvenile
2 years, 4 months ago

Kathua gangrape: SC holds accused adult, not to be tried as juvenile

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that one of the accused in the sensational gang-rape and murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua was not a juvenile and now can be tried afresh as an adult for the offences. The top court also held that medical opinion regarding the age of an accused cannot be brushed …

Bombay High Court grants bail to 17-year-old murder accused being tried as an adult
2 years, 4 months ago

Bombay High Court grants bail to 17-year-old murder accused being tried as an adult

India Today  

While granting bail to a 17-year-old boy who was being tried as an adult, Justice Bharti Dangre of the Bombay High Court said that merely because a juvenile is being tried as an adult does not mean that he can be denied the benefit of the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act. The 17-year-old was seeking bail under Section 12 …

Rape & Murder Of 4 Year Old Girl : SC Clarifies Order Commuting Death Penalty, Convict To Undergo 20 Years Imprisonment For Rape Offences
2 years, 4 months ago

Rape & Murder Of 4 Year Old Girl : SC Clarifies Order Commuting Death Penalty, Convict To Undergo 20 Years Imprisonment For Rape Offences

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, recently, clarified its judgment dated 19.04.2022 wherein death sentence awarded to a man convicted for raping and murdering a four year old girl was commuted to life imprisonment.In the said judgment, the Court had commuted the death sentence imposed for the offence of murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code as life imprisonment. The Supreme …

Supreme Court Notice to Centre on Plea Challenging Amendment to Juvenile Justice Act
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court Notice to Centre on Plea Challenging Amendment to Juvenile Justice Act

News 18  

The Supreme Court Monday sought a response from the Centre to a plea challenging the recent amendment to the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 by which certain categories of offences against children have been made non-cognizable. The top court was hearing a plea filed by Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights challenging the amendment made to the Juvenile Justice Act, …

Seeking minor's confession of crime unconstitutional, declares Delhi High Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Seeking minor's confession of crime unconstitutional, declares Delhi High Court

Firstpost  

The high court was hearing a criminal reference relating to the issuance of guidelines to be followed by Juvenile Justice Boards in conducting preliminary assessments before sending a minor for trial as an adult New Delhi: Seeking a confession about an alleged crime committed by a juvenile is unconstitutional as a “presumption is raised at the pre-trial stage itself that …

Avoid Hyper-technical Approach In Deciding Juvenility Claim; If Two Views Possible, Lean In Favour Of Accused : Supreme Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Avoid Hyper-technical Approach In Deciding Juvenility Claim; If Two Views Possible, Lean In Favour Of Accused : Supreme Court

Live Law  

Revealing a rather unpleasant truth, the Supreme Court of India on Monday lamented that once children are caught in the web of adult criminal justice system, it is difficult for them to get out of it unscathed. Going through the provisions of the Act, the Court said that as per Section 20 of the 2000 Act, in all cases where …

Lodging Juveniles In Adult Prisons Amounts To Deprivation Of Their Personal Liberty: Supreme Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Lodging Juveniles In Adult Prisons Amounts To Deprivation Of Their Personal Liberty: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court observed that lodging juveniles in adult prisons amounts to deprivation of their personal liberty.Once a child is caught in the web of adult criminal justice system, it is difficult for the child to get out of it unscathed, the bench comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and JB Pardiwala observed while considering a writ petition filed by a murder …

Juvenile Justice | Only JJB And Not Trial Court Has Power To Determine Juvenility U/S 94: Madhya Pradesh High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Juvenile Justice | Only JJB And Not Trial Court Has Power To Determine Juvenility U/S 94: Madhya Pradesh High Court

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently held that the trial court does not have the power under Section 94 of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 to determine the age as contested by the accused and that the same can be exercised only by the Juvenile Justice Board. Setting aside the order passed by the lower court whereby it had …

'Presumption Of Innocence U/S 3(i) Juvenile Justice Act Not Applicable To Adult Co-Accused': J&K&L High Court
2 years, 8 months ago

'Presumption Of Innocence U/S 3(i) Juvenile Justice Act Not Applicable To Adult Co-Accused': J&K&L High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has made it clear that the presumption of innocence in favour of a juvenile under Section 3 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 cannot be applied to the adult co-accused in a crime.Justice Sanjay Dhar thus rejected the contention raised by the Petitioners herein that since the. The Jammu and Kashmir and …

Hyderabad gang rape: When can juveniles be tried as adults?
2 years, 9 months ago

Hyderabad gang rape: When can juveniles be tried as adults?

Firstpost  

The police probing the gang rape of a teenage girl in Hyderabad want to prosecute the five arrested minors as adults. This is allowed after the 2015 amendment to the Juvenile Justice Act, if they are accused of a ‘heinous crime’ and are between the ages of 16 and 18 Police officials, investigation the gang rape of a teenage girl …

Identity of juvenile offenders should be protected: Legal experts
2 years, 9 months ago

Identity of juvenile offenders should be protected: Legal experts

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A group of legal experts questioned the way the identity of juvenile ‘accused’ in criminal cases was being flashed across some sections of the media and on social media, and made it clear that identifying the minors directly or indirectly violated the Juvenile Justice Act. They said that the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, which pertains to the issue of …

Identity Of Juvenile Is Not To Be Disclosed: Allahabad High Court Reminds Its Registry
3 years ago

Identity Of Juvenile Is Not To Be Disclosed: Allahabad High Court Reminds Its Registry

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that the identity of a juvenile/ child in conflict with law must not be disclosed. The counsel also stated that the revisionist has no criminal antecedent, it was further submitted that Juvenile Justice Board as well as the Appellate Court have not appreciated the Social Information Report of the Probation Officer in its right …

Restorative justice or justice denied? With D.A. Gascón, teens tried as adults get a second chance
3 years, 6 months ago

Restorative justice or justice denied? With D.A. Gascón, teens tried as adults get a second chance

LA Times  

Guillermo Orellana, left, and his father, Pedro Orellana, wear shirts in tribute to Kevin Orellana — their brother and son, respectively — who was murdered at age 18 in 2013. Alisa Blair, a former public defender who serves as Gascón’s special advisor on juvenile cases, said the teen charged in Kevin Orellana’s death was remorseful and immediately confessed to police …

Parliamentary panel decides not to push for lowering age limit of juvenile offenders under POCSO
3 years, 7 months ago

Parliamentary panel decides not to push for lowering age limit of juvenile offenders under POCSO

Firstpost  

Minor offenders under POCSO are currently tried under the Juvenile Justice Act, which also has a provision that let’s the juvenile justice board decide whether an offender above 16 years of age should be tried as an adult A key parliamentary panel has decided not to push for lowering the age limit to 16 years from 18 years for juveniles …

Juvenile Justice Act 'Inadequate', Gives 'Free Hand' to Delinquents to Commit Heinous Offences: HC; Raps Lawmakers
3 years, 8 months ago

Juvenile Justice Act 'Inadequate', Gives 'Free Hand' to Delinquents to Commit Heinous Offences: HC; Raps Lawmakers

News 18  

Denying bail to a boy, who is accused of raping a girl, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has termed the Juvenile Justice Act as totally inadequate and ill-equipped to deal with such cases, and asked how many more Nirbhayas' sacrifices are required to shake the conscious of the country's lawmakers. It also said that this Act …

Cases challenge no-parole terms for young adult killers
3 years, 9 months ago

Cases challenge no-parole terms for young adult killers

Associated Press  

BOSTON — They were convicted of the same crime: the 2011 killing of a Boston teen as part of a gang feud. Washington state’s high court earlier this year abolished automatic life without parole sentences given to people for murders committed as 18- to 20-year-olds. And bills introduced in Connecticut and Illinois would get rid of life without parole sentences …

13 juvenile convicts move SC, seek immediate release after serving 14-22 years in jail
3 years, 9 months ago

13 juvenile convicts move SC, seek immediate release after serving 14-22 years in jail

India TV News  

The 13 convicts, declared as juveniles by the Juvenile Justice Board at the time of the commission of the offense and are currently lodged in Agra Central Jail in Uttar Pradesh, have moved the Supreme Court seeking immediate direction for their release. "The petitioners by virtue of the instant writ petitions sought to highlight a very unfortunate and sorry state …

High court moves away from leniency for minors who murder
3 years, 11 months ago

High court moves away from leniency for minors who murder

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to sentence minors convicted of murder to life in prison without the possibility of parole, a ruling that reflects a change in course driven by a more conservative group of justices. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the majority, said previous decisions only require a judge to consider “an offender’s youth and …

SCOTUS Guts Protections Against Sentencing Kids To Die In Prison
3 years, 11 months ago

SCOTUS Guts Protections Against Sentencing Kids To Die In Prison

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In a 6-3 vote, the conservatives on the Supreme Court gutted protections against sentencing kids to die in prison. Zach Gibson/Getty Images In a 2012 case called Miller v. Alabama, the Supreme Court ruled that mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment — although it left in …

Supreme Court OKs life in prison without parole for some juveniles convicted of murder
3 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court OKs life in prison without parole for some juveniles convicted of murder

LA Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a life term in prison without parole for a defendant who was 15 when he fatally stabbed his grandfather in Mississippi, ruling that a sentencing judge need not decide that the young person was “permanently incorrigible.” The 6-3 decision retreats somewhat from a pair of earlier rulings, which said that such life sentences for …

Court overturns automatic life sentences for young killers
4 years ago

Court overturns automatic life sentences for young killers

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — The Washington state Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the automatic life-without-parole sentences given to two men for murders committed when they were 19 and 20, saying judges must consider the youthfulness of such defendants in sentencing them. Under the ruling, courts in Washington can still sentence such young adult offenders to life without parole, but only after first …

Teens younger than 16 may not be tried as adults, California high court rules
4 years, 1 month ago

Teens younger than 16 may not be tried as adults, California high court rules

LA Times  

Teens in a sex offender treatment program at the O.H. In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court upheld a 2018 state law intended to end one of California’s tough-on-crime measures that helped lead to overcrowded prisons and defied scientific consensus on brain development of juvenile offenders. Ventura County prosecutors challenged the new state law in the case of a …

"Accused Was A Juvenile At The Time Of Occurrence": SC Quashes Life Sentence In A Four Decade Old Murder Case [Read Judgment]
4 years, 5 months ago

"Accused Was A Juvenile At The Time Of Occurrence": SC Quashes Life Sentence In A Four Decade Old Murder Case [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has set aside the life imprisonment sentence imposed on a person accused in a 1981 murder case noticing that he was less than 18 years of age on the date of commission of offence. The bench comprising Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna, though upheld the conviction, directed the Juvenile Justice Board to pass orders regarding …

Almost 4 Decades On, 55-year-old to be Punished by Juvenile Court for 1981 Murder
4 years, 5 months ago

Almost 4 Decades On, 55-year-old to be Punished by Juvenile Court for 1981 Murder

News 18  

A 55-year-old man will turn himself in before a juvenile court next week. The court has ordered that the convict will be produced before the Juvenile Justice Board in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich in the next seven days. Under Section 15 of the 2000 Juvenile Justice Act, a delinquent in conflict of law can be kept in a reformation centre for …

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