Maggie Clark at Stateline has this notable new article (and this amazing associated resource) reviewing all the diverse ways states deal with the Supreme Court’s Miller ruling. The piece is headlined “After Supreme Court Ruling, States Act on Juvenile Sentences,” and here are excerpts:

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miller v. Alabama that mandatory life sentences for offenders under 18 are cruel and unusual punishment, and therefore unconstitutional. In the wake of that decision, a federal court this month ruled that … more than 300 other Michigan juvenile lifers are entitled to a parole hearing.

Michigan is one of at least 11 states that have revisited their sentencing laws in response to the Supreme Court decision (see Stateline chart). Generally, juvenile killers in those states will be eligible for a parole hearing after serving a mandatory minimum sentence of about 25 years.