Hurrah! The U.S. Supreme Court just overturned the death penalty for juveniles today on a tight 5-4 vote. The ruling will affect several Texas cases.
UPDATE: Check out the fine post by Austinite Amanda Marcotte on her Koufax-award winning blog Mouse Words on the ruling.
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