Breaking News:  In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court has just ruled that the Eighth Amendment forbids a scheme of life in prison without possibility of parole for juveniles. Miller v. Alabama

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Earlier this month we got the fantastic news that we had secured a waiver in one of our Florida cases.  This means the prosecution has agreed to reduce the charge and our defendant is no longer f

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Following on from last month’s update, we are delighted to report a successful result in Craig Dean’s case. Craig is the second of the juvenile life without parole cases which came to us v

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Amicus caseworkers have been assisting in Ricky's case for the past two years. The hours our volunteers spent pulling details out of hundreds of documents allowed the lawyers at the Texas Defender Ser

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In December 2000 Rancifer Brown received two life sentences without parole for attempted first-degree murder and armed robbery.  Despite being only 17 at the time of the crime he was tried as an

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John Paul Penry was sentenced to death in 1980 for the murder of Pamela Moseley Carpenter in Livingston, Texas.  It was reported that Penry forced his way into her home, where he had previously d

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