Maybe they’d be set free shortly after turning adult, or maybe sent to some kind of “institution”. So young that you have murderers who had to be dropped off to the scene of the crime as they’re too young to drive.
I would guess ineligible for death penalty which they deserve.
From a Wisc station but it’s a nationwide situation:
http://wsau.com/news/articles/2012/jun/25/teen-murderers-must-get-parole-chance-supreme-court/
June of this yr
>>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled unconstitutional mandatory sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole for people under age 18 when they committed murder in a ruling that could affect nearly 2,500 young prisoners.
By a 5-4 vote, the high court ruled the U.S. Constitution forbids such a mandatory sentencing scheme for juvenile murderers. Conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy joined the liberals while the more conservative members dissented.
The ruling was a major victory for convicted juvenile murderers from Alabama and Arkansas who argued that life imprisonment without the possibility of parole violated the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
The ruling could affect nearly 2,500 prisoners serving sentences of life in prison without parole for murder committed under the age of 18. The United States has more than 2.2 million inmates in prisons or jails.
charged as adults but wonder if they would serve life—see S.Court ruling above
>>The teens, identified as Antonio Barbeau and Nathan Paape, were arrested and charged as adults of first-degree intentional homicide f