TUPELO â¢Â In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied Brett Jones, convicted of killing his Lee County grandfather when he was 15, a new chance at freedom.
In their decision, Thursday, the Supreme Court said the state of Mississippi was not required to find a teen permanently incorrigible before sentencing them to life in prison without the chance of parole.
The opinion, written by Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, said a separate factual finding of permanent incorrigibility was not necessary before sentencing a murderer under 18 to life without parole. He added that this opinion did not change two previous Supreme Court rulings that prevented states from sentencing youthful offenders to life without parole.
Former House Speaker John Boehner ripped Donald Trump Monday as a disloyal political partner after the former president told GOP donors that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is a “dumb son of a b .”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) (Getty Images)
This story was reported by Quinn Weimer, Emma Riley, and A. Kim.
(CNS News) – House Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), along with 41 other House members, sent a letter on Feb. 5 to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urging her “to remove the barbed wire fencing surrounding the Capitol and send the National Guard troops home to their families.” To date, Pelosi has not responded to the congressmens’ letter.
“[W]e are concerned with recent reports that the fencing surrounding the Capitol may become permanent,” wrote Rep. Buddand his colleagues in the letter to Pelosi. “We are willing to have an honest debate about providing Capitol Hill Police with the resources they need to be better prepared without turning the Capitol into a permanent fortress.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) (Getty Images)
This story was reported by Quinn Weimer, Emma Riley, and A. Kim.
(CNS News) – House Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), along with 41 other House members, sent a letter on Feb. 5 to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urging her “to remove the barbed wire fencing surrounding the Capitol and send the National Guard troops home to their families.” To date, Pelosi has not responded to the congressmens’ letter.
“[W]e are concerned with recent reports that the fencing surrounding the Capitol may become permanent,” wrote Rep. Buddand his colleagues in the letter to Pelosi. “We are willing to have an honest debate about providing Capitol Hill Police with the resources they need to be better prepared without turning the Capitol into a permanent fortress.