Topic: a state may remedy a miller violation by permitting juvenil… · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 47 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Montgomery v. Louisiana.

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1 Montgomery v. Louisiana Anchor
· 2016
green “a state may remedy a miller violation by permitting juvenile homicide offenders to be considered for parole, rather than by resentencing them.” 27
2 Montgomery v. Louisiana
· 2016
green “allowing those offenders to be considered for parole ensures that juveniles whose crimes reflected only transient immaturity-and who have since matured-will not be forced to serve a disproportionate sentence in violation of the eighth amendment.” 14
3 State Of Washington v. Brian Ronquillo
washctapp · 2015
green “is the functional equivalent of a life sentence” 3
4 State v. Bassett
wash · 2018
green “in the context of juvenile sentencing, article i, section 14 provides greater protection than the eighth amendment.” 3

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