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Applying Roper in South Carolina

By Douglas Berman

As detailed in this AP story, a “convicted murderer who was eligible to be resentenced when the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed capital punishment for youthful offenders can get less than life in prison, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.”  The interesting little ruling applying Roper in South Carolina came in State v. Morgan, No. 26116 (S.C. Feb. 21, 2006) (available here).