JJS D5

the term “evolving standards of decency” is coined in describing the Supreme Court’s legal foundation on the question of executions of juveniles and life sentences without parole. After reading each of the seven Supreme Court penalty cases, do you agree or disagree with the Court’s most current rulings as to juveniles? Would you agree that the Court’s position on the death penalty and life sentences without parole is an “evolving standard of decency?” If not, what term would you propose