Mississippi vs Jones oral argument Law Essay Research (Essay Sample)

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Jones v. Mississippi Oral Argument
The Eighth Amendment requires a sentencing authority to find that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible before it may impose a sentence of life without the possibility of parole as will be critically discussed in this paper with reference to the Jones v. Mississippi oral argument. The oral argument largely leaned on the fact that the court needed to interpret two other cases: Miller v. Alabama which determined some sentencing schemes unconstitutional for mandating life without parole sentencing upon some juvenile offenders and the Montgomery v. Louisiana case which made it clear that the Miller rule be implemented henceforth. Jones had been sentenced to life without parole for brutally murdering his grandfather barely a month after he had turned fifteen years. It is absurd that after Miller was decided the Supreme Court of Mississippi decided that Miller should apply to Jones’ case. The mere fact that the Supreme Court in Mississippi ordered for resentencing of Jones’ case is a clear indication that the court also interpreted the fact that the Eighth Amendment requires a sentencing authority to find that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible before it may impose a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. Regardless of this though, the resentencing upheld the previous sentencing of life without parole.