The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider a Virginia appeal to reinstate the life-without-parole sentence for one of the convicted ‘Beltway Snipers’ who terrorized the Washington, D.C., region in 2002. The justices on Monday said that they would take up the state’s appeal in the case of Lee Boyd Malvo, after a Virginia appeals court ruled last year that he should be resentenced because of subsequent Supreme Court decisions that altered the rules for juvenile offenders. But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled last year that while Malvo's life-without-parole sentences were legal when they were imposed, Supreme Court decisions later changed sentencing requirements for juveniles. MARYLAND JUDGE DENIES DC SNIPER MALVO'S BID FOR NEW SENTENCEThe decision in the Supreme Court case ruled juveniles are constitutionally different from adults for the purposes of sentencing “because juveniles have diminished culpability and greater prospects for reform,” which makes them “less deserving of the most severe punishments.”The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Virginia’s appeal, and review the decision. In Maryland, meanwhile, a federal judge ruled that Malvo would not get a new sentence.

Source: Fox News March 18, 2019 14:37 UTC