Michael Morton was wrongfully convicted of murder for beating his wife to death in 1986. As a result, he spent twenty-five years in prison, leaving the couple’s 3-year old son behind to be raised by someone else. In October 2011, Morton was finally released from prison when new DNA evidence proved he did not kill […]

Twice in the last two years, the Supreme Court has held that it violates the Eighth Amendment to sentence a juvenile offender (under 18 when the offense was committed) to life in prison without the possibility of parole. See Miller v. Alabama, 132 S. Ct. 2455 (2012) (no LWOP for juvenile homicide offenders); Graham v. […]