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1 Kyle C. Barry, Massachusetts Rejects Harmful Federal Standard for Evaluating Whether Punishment Is Unconstitutional: The State's Supreme Court's Decision Outlawing Life without Parole for People Aged 18 to 20 Is Notable for Both Its Outcome and the Test It Used to Get There [1] (2024)

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Massachusetts Rejects Harmful Federal

Standard for Evaluating Whether

Punishment Is Unconstitutional


The state supreme  court's decision outlawing life without parole

for people aged 18 to 20 is notable for both its outcome and the

test it used to get there.

By Kyle C. Barry  Published: January 18, 2024

Massachusetts Colorado  Mississippi


This article is part of a content series on Commonwealth v. Mattis. You can read all
the pieces in the series here.

The highest court in Massachusetts made history last week when it became the
nation's first to ban life without parole sentences for anyone under age 21. The historic
outcome made headlines, but the court's reasoning also deserves attention. In an

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