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Batts’ attorney Marsha Levick called the decision Monday a “very strong win” for Batts. A previous appeal was unsuccessful, but this decision means he’ll be

“What we won is really fundamental to giving these kids a fair shot, and also to really enforcing Miller and Montgomery in Pennsylvania,” said Marsha

In so doing, the high court underscored a string of federal rulings that have revolutionized the way that juveniles who commit the most serious of

“This is the most severe and damaging type of solitary confinement that is used in the American penal system. Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive confinement

Brendan Dassey, who was convicted with Avery in a later murder, has been exonerated by a federal appeals court.

A federal judge on Friday ordered two Wisconsin youth correctional facilities to reform conditions for their detainees, who are subjected to pepper spraying and "likely

“The state just seems to have been moving very, very slowly in the face of widespread criticism of Lincoln Hills,” Peterson said.

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Marsha Levick, with the Juvenile Law Center, said Peterson was concerned with the use of pepper spray at the facilities but recognized the need for