[20201030]LSB10548_琼斯诉密西西比：最高法院未经假释的少年生活.pdf

CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Jones v. Mississippi: Juvenile Life Without Parole Back at the Supreme Court October 30, 2020 On November 3, 2020, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in Jones v. Mississippi, a case concerning whether the Eighth Amendments ban on cruel and unusual punishments requires a finding that a juvenile offender is permanently incorrigible before the juvenile may be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Last term, the Court heard argument in Mathena v. Malvo, which also raised an Eighth Amendment challenge to a juvenile life without parole sentence; however, as a previous Legal Sidebar explained, the Court ultimately dismissed Malvo when a change in state law rendered that case moot. Soon after dismissing Malvo, the Court granted certiorari in Jones. As discussed further below, the legal issue presented in Jones is similar to the issue presented in Malvo, although the Court itself has changed in the interim due to the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to fill her seat. This Legal Sidebar first surveys k