Sentencing Children Who Kill: One giant leap for the US Supreme Court, one small step for international human rights law

This article comments on the recent Supreme Court decision in Miller v Alabama. In this case, the Court outlawed mandatory sentences of life without parole for offenders under the age of 18 who are convicted of murder. However, the Court upheld the constitutionality of discretionary sentences of LWOP for child offenders. This article argues that the Court's own reasoning compels it to conclude that such sentences are also unconstitutional at the next available opportunity