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31: 470:(1989) that a new rule is not retroactive on collateral review unless it is substantive or "watershed", Kennedy said the decision was founded on substantive grounds, based "on the diminished culpability of all juvenile offenders, who are, he said, immature, susceptible to peer pressure and capable of change. Very few, he said, are incorrigible. But he added that as a general matter the punishment was out of bounds." 463:
The Court first found that it had jurisdiction over Louisiana's prisoner because the rule governing retroactivity is constitutional, not statutory. Next, Justice Kennedy wrote that "prisoners like Montgomery must be given the opportunity to show their crime did not reflect irreparable corruption;
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in Angola. In February 2018 and April 2019, Montgomery had parole hearings, and was denied both times. On November 17, 2021, the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Parole granted parole to Montgomery by a unanimous vote of 3–0. Following the vote, Montgomery was freed from prison and released. His
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This case is one in a series since 2005 that have mitigated the harshness of sentencing of juveniles and persons who committed crimes as juveniles. It is based in part on scientific evidence showing that juvenile brains are not equivalent to those of adults.
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decision to make it sound categorical when it merely required a new sentencing procedure. Scalia also stated that it would be very difficult for judges and juries to decide whether defendants were incorrigible decades after they were originally sentenced.
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Montgomery became a model member of the prison community, serving as a coach on the prison boxing team, working in the prison's silk-screen program, and offering advice to younger prisoners. After the U.S. Supreme Court decided
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In February 1969, a jury again convicted Montgomery of murder, triggering an automatic sentence of life in prison without parole, which was affirmed by the Louisiana Supreme Court in November 1970, over the dissent of Justice
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rule retroactively, holding that prisoners previously given automatic life sentences with no chance of parole for crimes committed as juveniles must have their cases reviewed for re-sentencing or be considered for
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from the U.S. Supreme Court, which was granted. Seventy-five minutes of oral arguments were heard on October 13, 2015, with attorneys appearing for the prisoner and the state as well as an
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annulled that verdict, finding he had not received a fair trial due to public prejudice. In October 1966, Montgomery escaped from the parish jail and was rearrested two hours later.
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Justice Thomas filed another dissenting opinion, alone, stating that the majority's decision "repudiates established principles of finality".
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appointed by the Court, arguing against the Court's jurisdiction, and the U.S. Deputy Solicitor General, arguing as a friend of the prisoner.
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release was opposed by some of Hurt's family members, however, two of Hurt's daughters had met with Montgomery in prison and forgiven him.
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On January 25, 2016, the Supreme Court delivered judgment in favor of the prisoner, by a vote of 6–3. Writing for the Court, Justice
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Henry Montgomery was 17 years old on November 13, 1963, when he shot and killed police officer Charles Hurt, a sheriff's deputy, in
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and if it did not, their hope for some years of life outside prison walls must be restored." Applying the presumption from
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On June 28, 2016, the Louisiana Supreme Court vacated Montgomery's life sentence and remanded for resentencing in a
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dissented. Criticizing the majority's "sleight of hand", Scalia wrote that Kennedy had twisted the language in the
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additionally concurring. In February 2017, Montgomery, now 70 years old, remained a prisoner at the
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by a 5–4 vote established that the death penalty for children under 18 was unconstitutional. In
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offenders is a substantive rule that must be applied retroactively.
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In March 2020, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a related case,
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Kennedy, joined by Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
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In September 2014, Montgomery filed a petition for a writ of
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should not apply to persons convicted of murder committed as
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case in which the Court held that its previous ruling in
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should not apply to persons who committed the crime as
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Index

Supreme Court of the United States
14-280
U.S.
more
L. Ed. 2d
Oral argument
181 So. 2d 756
242 So.2d 818
141 So.3d 264
194 So.3d 606
Miller
life in prison without the possibility of parole
homicide
John Roberts
Antonin Scalia
Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan
U.S. Const. amend. VIII
United States Supreme Court
Miller v. Alabama
life sentence without parole
juveniles
Roper v. Simmons
Supreme Court of the United States
Graham v. Florida

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