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Sentencing Law and Policy: Assessing Miller and its aftermath

Sentencing Law and Policy: Assessing Miller and its aftermath
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Sentencing Law and Policy: Split Washington Supreme Court, relying on state constitution, forbids mandatory LWOP sentences for those under 21

Today, via a 5-4 ruling in
In re Pers. Restraint of Monschke and Bartholomew, No. 96772-5 (Wash. Mar. 11, 2021) (available here), the Supreme Court of Washington extended the reach of the US Supreme Court s
Miller ruling by declaring mandatory LWOP for those under 21 to be unconstitutional (pursuant to Washington s state constitutional prohibition of cruel punishment ). Here is how the majority opinion starts and ends:
Dwayne Earl Bartholomew and Kurtis William Monschke were each convicted of aggravated first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole a mandatory, nondiscretionary sentence under Washington’s aggravated murder statute. RCW 10.95.030. Bartholomew was 20 years old; Monschke was 19. Many years after their convictions, each filed a personal restraint petition (PRP) asking us to consider whether article I, section 14 of our state constitution or the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution permits a m ....

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WA state Supreme Court prohibits mandatory life without parole for young adults

WA state Supreme Court prohibits mandatory life without parole for young adults
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.
3/12/2021
Alexis Krell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Mar. 11 The Washington State Supreme Court found mandatory sentences of life without parole unconstitutional for young adults and ordered two Pierce County men to be resentenced in a split ruling Thursday.
Just as courts must exercise discretion before sentencing a 17-year-old to die in prison, so must they exercise the same discretion when sentencing an 18-, 19-, or 20-year-old, Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud wrote in the lead opinion, signed by Justices Mary I. Yu, Raquel Montoya-Lewis and G. Helen Whitener. . We remand each case for a new sentencing hearing at which the trial court must consider whether each defendant was subject to the mitigating qualities of youth. ....

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