Life without parole used to be the automatic sentence for juveniles who were tried as adults and convicted of first-degree murder. That was until 2012, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that automatic life without parole for juveniles was unconstitutional.
But a question remains: What happens to the more than 350 juvenile lifers here in Michigan who were sent to prison before the decision?
The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments on that question today, and our Lansing Bureau Chief of the Michigan Public Radio Network, Rick Pluta, was in the courtroom.
*Listen to our interview above.
