Justices extend ban on automatic life terms for teenagers

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

WASHINGTON -- More than 1,000 prison inmates, some behind bars more than 50 years for murders they committed as teenagers, will get a chance to seek their freedom under a Supreme Court decision announced Monday.

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