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| Texas Eyes Measure Allowing Mandatory Life Sentences With Possibility of Parole for 17-Year-Olds |
| By jjie.org - James Swift |
| Published: 06/15/2013 |
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Texas may soon come into compliance with Miller v. Alabama, last year’s Supreme Court ruling barring states from sentencing juveniles under 18 to mandatory life without parole. The problem? In the eyes of Texas law 17-year-olds are adults, leaving the state with no legal sentences if they are convicted of capital murder. With the state legislature called in for a special session, Gov. Rick Perry added a proposal Tuesday to establish a mandatory life sentence for 17-year-olds with the possibility of parole after 40 years. Read More. |
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Texas is a sovereign State with real borders. Young adults are heterogeneous indeed and Texas should not be bound to the insanity of the arbitrary laws of other States or the Feds where real justice needs implementation.