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The Importance of an Expansive Deference to Miller v. Alabama

Alexander L. Nostro

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A Narrow Interpretation of Miller Will Continue to Allow the Mandatory Imposition of Life-Without-Parole Sentences on Juveniles as Long as the Punishment Is Portrayed in a Quantifiable Set of Years.... 176 2. If States Do Not Give Proper Deference to Miller, States Will Seek to Inhibit Miller's Individualized Sentencing Requirement.. .

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Key concepts: Miller, Supreme court, Deference, Law, Punishment (psychology), Context (archaeology), Juvenile court, Political science