Mandatory Life Sentences For Juvenile Defendants Are Unconstitutional
Sentencing juvenile defendants to life without parole for first-degree murder is “cruel or unusual punishment” in violation of the state Constitution, a divided Michigan Supreme Court has ruled.
SORA not Punishment for Juvenile's CSC Adjudication
In In re TD, the COA held that application of SORA was not "punishment," so it could not be deemed unconstitutional on grounds that it was cruel and unusual as applied to the respondent.