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Sentencing Law and Policy: Detailing what follows historic Massachusetts ruling on life sentences for young adults

Sentencing Law and Policy: Split Massachusetts top court rules "life without parole for emerging adults" violates state constitution

Opinion: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling treats murderers as victims

The state's high court now says individuals 18 to 20 years of age at the time they committed murder cannot be sentenced to life without parole.

Readers aren't happy with SJC ruling on life without parole

Readers told Boston.com that adults under 21 should still qualify for life sentences, if their crime is serious enough to warrant it.

Cruz: Ruling favors killers, devastates victims' families

The SJC – right only because they have the power – decided that life without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder was a violation of constitutional rights for murderers aged 18-20.