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Bookmark or Share- EJI Wins New Sentencing for 14-Year-Old Who Was Sentenced to Die in PrisonThe Arkansas Supreme Court ruled yesterday that Kuntrell Jackson, who was originally sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for an offense at age 14, is now entitled to a new sentencing hearing.
- Activist’s life story sheds light on excessive sentencingLOUISVILLE — Arkansas native Kuntrell Jackson was 14 years old when he took part in the fatal robbery of a video store clerk in 1999, leading to a life sentence in 2003 without the possibility of parole. Though he had not pulled the trigger or intended to kill, his fate was sealed until 2012.
- {{meta.fullTitle}} - OyezIn the companion case, petitioner Kuntrell Jackson, along with Derrick Shields and Travis Booker, robbed a local movie store in Blytheville, Arkansas in November, 1999. The three boys were 14 years old at the time. While walking to the store, Jackson discovered that Shields was hiding a shotgun in his coat.
- Miller v. Alabama - Equal Justice InitiativeKuntrell Jackson and Evan Miller, sentenced to life in prison without parole at 14, are now entitled to new sentencing hearings. The ruling will affect hundreds of individuals whose sentences did not take their age or other mitigating factors into account.
- Kuntrell Jackson has been sentenced to life imprisonment without the ...Kuntrell Jackson has been sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for an offense committed when he was fourteen years old. He is one of only 73 fourteen-year-olds serving such a sentence throughout the United States.
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