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holding Graham inapplicable to homicide cases and Miller only applicable to sentences of mandatory life without parole
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No. 2012AP2399.
2013-12-10
STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. James Dontae WILLIAMS, Defendant–Appellant.
Id., 560 U.S. at 82. In reaching that decision, the Court discussed prior case law and scientific research suggesting that juveniles lack the same maturity as adults and that there are “fundamental differences between juvenile and adult minds.” See id. at 68.