For Immediate Release: May 27, 2016 (Washington, DC) The Iowa Supreme Court today issued a historic ruling in State v. Sweet that life-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger violate the Iowa Constitution. Iowa joins a growing number of states that have outlawed this death-in-prison sentence for youth 17 and younger – a sentence … Continue reading Iowa Supreme Court Bans Life-Without-Parole Sentences for Children