SONGSTER v. BEARD

CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-5916.

201 F.Supp.3d 639 (2016)

Kempis SONGSTER, v. Jeffrey A. BEARD, David Diguglielmo, The District Attorney of Philadelphia and the Attorney General of Pennsylvania.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

Signed August 17, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas B. Fox, Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, for Kempis Songster.

Susan Elizabeth Affronti, Thomas W. Dolgenos, Philadelphia District Attorneys Office, Philadelphia, PA, J. Hunter Bennett, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, for Jeffrey A. Beard, David DiGuglielmo, The District Attorney of Philadelphia and the Attorney General of Pennsylvania.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

Kempis Songster, like all other juveniles in Pennsylvania who were sentenced to life without parole after having been convicted of murder, has never been afforded a constitutionally required individualized sentencing hearing. Now, as mandated by Miller v...

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