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Families Decry Supreme Court Decision on Juvenile Life Without Parole

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Are juvenile killers monsters of their own making—or victims themselves? In its 5–4 decision declaring mandatory life in prison unconstitutional for young murderers, the Supreme Court seemed to fall in the latter camp. Michael Daly reports. Plus, David R. Dow on the weak decision, and Reginald Dwayne Betts remembers a youth behind bars.

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