The trend really began in 2005 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roper v. Simmons that it’s unconstitutional to impose the death penalty on anyone who committed their capital crime when they were under the age of 18.
Then, in 2010, the Supreme Court in Graham v. Florida ruled that minors, because of their emotional immaturity, are less culpable than adults and more capable of rehabilitation. The result was that the justices struck down as unconstitutional life-without-parole sentences for juveniles convicted in non-homicide crimes.
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