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13 J. Race Gender & Poverty 1 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/jrgenpo13 and id is 1 raw text is: GROW UP ALREADY! Why is the Supreme Court being Juvenile with Juvenile Justice Reform? INTRODUCTION All children are capable of, and worthy of, redemption. No child should ever be sentenced to die in prison, and every child deserves an opportunity for a second chance, regardless of their race, socio-economic background, or the crime of which they have been accused. 1 When Henry Montgomery was incarcerated as a teenager in 1963 for the murder of an East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Deputy, President John F. Kennedy was still alive, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had recently given his I Have a Dream, speech. 2 Mr. Montgomery's case played a significant role in the resentencing measures of juvenile offenders sentenced to life without the possibility of parole (LWOP) across the United States. His 2016 appeal led to him finally being released from prison some five years later. Although his case ended in victory, it should have never happened. Since Montgomery's landmark case, others have attempted to appeal their sentences, yet have been unsuccessful in being resentenced and ultimately released. 'The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, (Dec. 3,2018), https://www.cfsy.org/racial-justice-belief- statement/. 2 Carmosino, Elyse, Convicted of murder at 17, his case changed juvenile sentences. Louisiana freed him at age 75, The Advocate, (Nov. 17, 2021), https://www.theadvocate.com/batonrouge/news/article_8b7188a8-47b5-11ec- ac41-6befdfd0d59c.html. 1