Expert’s Scrutiny Of Missouri’s Life Sentences For Youths Passes Muster

Mealey's (June 1, 2018, 12:35 PM EDT) -- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri prison officials lost their bid to strike expert testimony on the constitutionality of sentencing juvenile offenders to mandatory life in prison without parole, with a federal judge on May 30 saying she will rule on the admissibility of the expert’s opinions at trial (Norman Brown, et al. v. Anne L. Precythe, et al., No. 2:17-cv-04082, W.D. Mo., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 89793)....