Lessons Learned from Graham v. Florida [webinar]

Representing Juveniles at Sentencing in Adult Court in the Post-Roper, -Graham, and -Miller Era: The recent landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Graham, Miller and Jackson have greatly affected the sentencing of juveniles and all aspects of representing a juvenile client in adult court.

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In Graham v. Florida, the U.S. Supreme Court held that it is unconstitutional to impose life without parole sentences for juveniles convicted of non-homicide offenses, largely because developmental and scientific research show that juveniles possess a greater capacity for rehabilitation, change, and growth than adults, and are less culpable for their criminal conduct. In Miller v. Alabama, the Court then held that mandatory life without parole for those under the age of 18 at the time of their crime (including homicide offenses) violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on “cruel and unusual punishments.”

NACDL, in partnership with Juvenile Law Center, the National Juvenile Defender Center and the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, and with support from the Foundation for Criminal Justice and the Ford Foundation presents a series of trainings on all aspects of these important new developments in juvenile law. They provide essential instruction for lawyers representing a juvenile at sentencing in adult court and lawyers handling the resentencing of an individual previously sentenced to juvenile life without parole.

Speakers: Stephen Harper, Co-coordinator, Capital Litigation Unit, Miami-Dade, Florida Public Defender's Office; Carol Kolinchak, Legal Director, Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana; Sonya Rudenstine, Gainesville, Florida;  and Marsha Levick (moderator), Co-founder, Deputy Director, and Chief Counsel, Juvenile Law Center

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Check out the subsequent series, Age Matters: Strategies for Representing Juveniles in Adult Court

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