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The Supreme Court on Thursday shot down a Mississippi man’s bid to overturn a life sentence he got for killing his grandfather at age 15 — with the majority ruling that a judge does not have to find a defendant beyond rehabilitation to issue such a term.
The Court voted 6-3, splitting along conservative-liberal lines, to uphold the sentence of Brett Jones, who fatally stabbed the 68-year-old man.
Brett Kavanaugh wrote the opinion for the majority justices while Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer were the three who dissented.
Supreme Court upholds life without parole sentences for juveniles
The Court voted 6-3, splitting along conservative-liberal lines, to uphold the sentence of Brett Jones, who fatally stabbed the 68-year-old man.
Brett Kavanaugh wrote the opinion for the majority justices while Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer were the three who dissented.
Supreme Court upholds life without parole sentences for juveniles
