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· 12/2/1952

Draper v. Moshier

Citations

  • 33 Del. Ch. 324
  • 92 A.2d 715
  • 1952 Del. Ch. LEXIS 90

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that “it is for the litigants to provide data to aid the Court” on national consensus prong of categorical cruel and unusual punishment analysis
  • holding that imposition of life-without-parole sentences on juveniles who did not commit homicides violates the Eighth Amendment
  • holding that Eighth Amendment proportionality principle prohibits imposition of life without parole sentence on juvenile who did not commit homicide
  • holding that Eighth Amendment proportionality principle prohibits imposition of life without parole sentence on juvenile who did not commit homicide
  • concluding that the Eighth Amendment prohibits an LWOP sentence for juvenile defendants who did not commit a homicide
  • holding that imposition of life- without-parole sentences on juveniles who did not commit homicides violates the Eighth Amendment

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