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COMMONWEALTH v. SAJID S.

SJC-13505.

236 N.E.3d 798 (2024)

494 Mass. 305

COMMONWEALTH v. SAJID S., a juvenile.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

Decided July 9, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Koes for the juvenile.

Kenneth E. Steinfield, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Eva G. Jellison & Danya F. Fullerton, for youth advocacy division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Budd, C.J., Kafker, Wendlandt, Georges, & Dewar, JJ.

When it comes to sentencing, as we have repeatedly and recently stated, young persons are constitutionally different. See Commonwealth v. Mattis, 493 Mass. 216, 238, 224 N.E.3d 410 (2024). In this case, we consider whether the proscription against "cruel or unusual" punishments embodied...

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