A team consisting of WilmerHale attorneys and a Missouri solo practitioner has been a lifesaver, literally, for 72 youths sitting on death row in various states. As political and cultural tides shifted away from the idea of sentencing minors to death, WilmerHale attorney Seth Waxman saw a chance to make a difference. "The data showed what adults had intuitively known," said Waxman. "That in children, portions of their brains that deal with moral reasoning and long-term consequences are not fully developed."
January 18, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
When Seth Waxman argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that juveniles should never be executed, at his counsel table were a solo practitioner from Missouri and two colleagues from his high-powered firm.
In March, the court agreed with his team. Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551.
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