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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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