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U.S. Supreme Court · 2021
593 U.S. 98 (2021)
Held that Miller and Montgomery do not require a sentencer to make a separate factual finding of permanent incorrigibility before sentencing a juvenile homicide offender to life without parole; a discretionary system in which the sentencer can consider the defendant's youth is constitutionally sufficient. The decision did not disturb Miller's holding (no mandatory juvenile LWOP) or Montgomery's holding (Miller is retroactive).
Later courts have criticized, limited, or overruled this decision — verify it still holds.
Treatment last confirmed July 18, 2026. Case-wide subsequent treatment; human-set. Not specific to any one passage.