Date of Award
Spring 2016
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Major
Public Policy and Law
First Advisor
Professor Adrienne Fulco
Second Advisor
Professor Rachel Moskowitz
Abstract
Over the past decade, the Supreme Court has issued decisions in numerous cases (Roper v. Simmons, Graham v. Florida, Miller v. Alabama, and Montgomery v. Louisiana) involving juvenile sentencing that have radically transformed our juvenile criminal justice system. While some of these cases did involve juveniles convicted of felony murder, the Supreme Court never directly addressed how to handle juvenile sentencing in felony murder cases. This leaves a gap in society’s understanding of juvenile felony murder sentencing that must be addressed. Otherwise, many juveniles that never intended, attempted, or wished that a life be taken might spend the rest of their lives in prison, without ever being given the possibility of a second chance. This paper proposes using the Enmund standard for determining which juveniles exhibit the requisite culpability to be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in prison.
Recommended Citation
Root, Sterling, "Juvenile Culpability and the Felony Murder Rule: Applying the Enmund Standard to Juveniles Facing Felony Murder Charges". Senior Theses, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 2016.
Trinity College Digital Repository, https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/theses/562
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Comments
Senior thesis completed at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and Law.