· 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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