
No Break for ‘Vampire Cult’ Killer Rod Ferrell, Life Sentences Stand
Rod Ferrell, known as a teen vampire cult leader convicted in the beating deaths of a Eustis couple, lost his bid to shorten the life sentences he is serving.
The 55-page decision, written by Circuit Judge G. Richard Singeltary…

Graham/Miller BBQ Lunch – Orlando, February 26
Join CFACDL for a moving luncheon to hear the stories of individuals released from prison after re-sentencing pursuant to the Graham and Miller decisions on juvenile life without parole. BBQ lunch will be served. CLE credit is pending for this…

ABA Urges Supreme Court to Follow Miller Standard for Juvenile Punishments
In an amicus brief filed Tuesday, the ABA urged the U.S. Supreme Court to recognize that juveniles’ “diminished culpability and greater prospects for reform” separate them from adults and that those whose crimes “reflect transient…

Solitary Confinement: Legal and Scientific Issues for Children and Young Adults
Scientific research continues to document the impact of solitary confinement on the developing brains of children and young adults. Such confinement can occasion irreversible, even fatal outcomes while producing no consistently positive effects…

FREE Webinar: Solitary Confinement: Legal and Scientific Issues for Children and Young Adults
Scientific research continues to document the impact of solitary confinement on the developing brains of children and young adults. Such confinement can occasion irreversible, even fatal outcomes while producing no consistently positive effects…

Supreme Court Won’t Consider Expanding Juvenile Death Ban
The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to consider extending its ban on executing juvenile offenders to people who were as old as 20 when they committed their crimes.
The justices also denied a stay of execution for Michael Brandon Samra,…

After 55 Years in Prison, Baton Rouge Man Key to Supreme Court Ruling Again Denied Freedom
Henry Montgomery's victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016 created a way for hundreds of prisoners like him — those convicted of horrific crimes while juveniles — to earn their freedom by demonstrating their rehabilitation since their…

Supreme Court to Consider Whether Beltway Sniper Lee Boyd Malvo Deserves New Sentencing
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider whether Lee Boyd Malvo, the teenage half of the Beltway snipers who terrorized the Washington region 16 years ago, may challenge his sentence of life in prison without parole.
Malvo, 34, was…

Palm Beach County to End Solitary Confinement for Teens in Adult Jails
Palm Beach County is eliminating solitary confinement for juveniles in adult jails.
The change comes after Palm Beach County's Sheriff's Office reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit that alleged the practice violated the civil rights…

Cleo LeCroy to be Freed from Prison for 1981 Murders of Newlyweds
Just two months shy of his 18th birthday when he gunned down John and Gail Hardeman at Brown’s Farm Wildlife Management Area, LeCroy benefited from two-back-to-back U.S. Supreme Court decisions. In 2010 and again in 2012, the nation’s highest…

Webinar: Your Client’s Brain and the Relevancy of Graham and Miller – September 27 at 2:00 PM
Your Client's Brain and the Relevancy of Graham and Miller
September 27, 2018, 2:00 p.m. Eastern, 90 minutes
Webinar Faculty
Jill Pasquarella, Supervising Attorney, Louisiana Center for Children's Rights
About the Webinar
The…

Registration Open: Miller/Graham Updates by Roseanne Eckert
Join CFACDL Wednesday, September 26 from 11:30am-1:15pm on Miller/Graham Updates with speaker Roseanne Eckert from the Juvenile Resentencing and Review Project.
Register here.