; Whereas, 7 years ago, the Supreme Court in Graham v. Florida struck down the use of life without the possibility of release or parole sentences for non-homicide crimes committed by children under 18 years of age; Whereas, 5 years ago, the Supreme Court in Miller v. Alabama struck down the use of mandatory life without parole sentences and required sentencing bodies to consider the mitigating factors of youth anytime a child faces a potential life sentence; and Whereas, 1 year ago, the Supreme Court in Montgomery v. Louisiana clarified that its Miller v. Alabama decision held that life without parole sentences for children violated the 8th Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment even for homicide offenses, unless it can be shown that a child is irreparably corrupt or beyond rehabilitation which should be exceptionally rare and uncommon: Now, therefore, be it