In the case of Miller v. Alabama, 132 S. Ct. 2455 - Supreme Court 2012, the issue presented before the court was under the Eighth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment is it cruel and usual punishment to sentence a fourteen-year-old to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Kuntrell Jackson, Derrick Shields, and Travis Booker discussed a plan to rob the Movie Magic video store in the evening on November 18, 1999. It is alleged that once the time had come to rob the movie store the defendants were made aware that Derrick Shields was, in fact, carrying a .410 gauge sawed-off shotgun in his coat sleeve. Upon arriving at the video store, Booker and Shields went inside and Jackson stayed outside the door, as a look out. Once inside, the duo began demanding the video clerk Laurie Troup give them money; when Troup failed to comply after being instructed five-six times Shields shot Troup in her face after she said she was going to call the police. At this time, Jackson had made his way into the store prior to Troup being shot, but while the robbery was still in progress. It was after Troup was shot that the trio fled the scene empty handed.
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Alabama and Jackson v. State, both of the juveniles involved were fourteen years old at the time of their offenses. The states of Alabama and Arkansas both had given the prosecutors the right to charge the juveniles as adults. As a result of the felonious crimes, they were then charged accordingly and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Each juvenile subsequently appealed their convictions. Also, in both cases the mandatory minimum for the crimes when tried as an adult required that the courts sentence them to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Supreme Court respectively affirmed in their rulings of both Miller and Jackson on their appeals that their sentences would remain life imprisonment without the possibility of
The juveniles were …show more content…
Alabama and Jackson v. State, both of the juveniles involved were fourteen years old at the time of their offenses. The states of Alabama and Arkansas both had given the prosecutors the right to charge the juveniles as adults. As a result of the felonious crimes, they were then charged accordingly and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Each juvenile subsequently appealed their convictions. Also, in both cases the mandatory minimum for the crimes when tried as an adult required that the courts sentence them to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Supreme Court respectively affirmed in their rulings of both Miller and Jackson on their appeals that their sentences would remain life imprisonment without the possibility of